Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations
Appearance
Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations | |
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since February 3, 2021 | |
Inaugural holder | Philip Rudolph Botha |
Formation | April 25, 1945 |
Website | http://www.southafrica-usa.net/pmun/ambassador.html |
The South African Permanent Representative in New York City is the official representative of the Government in Pretoria next the Headquarters of the United Nations.
History
- In 1945 South Africa was one of the 51 founding member of the United Nations.
- On 12 November 1974 the United Nations General Assembly suspended South Africa from participating in its work, due to international opposition to the policy of apartheid.
- In 1994 following its transition into a democracy South Africa was re-admitted to the UN.
- Since 1994 the democratically elected government has pursued a foreign policy based on the centrality of the UN in the multilateral system.[1]
List of representatives
Diplomatic accreditation | Permanent Representative | Observations | President of South Africa | Secretary-General of the United Nations | Term end |
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April 25, 1945 | Philip Rudolph Botha | Trade Commissioner, New York,
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J. B. M. Hertzog | Gladwyn Jebb | |
July 18, 1947 | Seymour Jacklin | Jan Smuts | Trygve Halvdan Lie | ||
November 1, 1948 | Eric Louw | Eric Louw, representative of the South African government at the United Nations in November 1948,[2] | Daniel François Malan | Trygve Halvdan Lie | |
September 16, 1949 | Gerhardus Petrus Jooste |
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Daniel François Malan | Trygve Halvdan Lie | December 31, 1949 |
January 1, 1949 | Jan Ruiter Jordaan | Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations | Daniel François Malan | Trygve Halvdan Lie | May 18, 1949 |
June 20, 1954 | Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis |
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Daniel François Malan | Dag Hammarskjöld | June 19, 1954 |
September 19, 1955 | Donald Bell Sole | Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom | Dag Hammarskjöld | May 18, 1949 |
August 1, 1956 | Donald Bell Sole | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom | Dag Hammarskjöld | July 31, 1956 | |
April 1, 1957 | Johan Samuel Frederick Botha | acting Permanent representative
(* February 18, 1919, South Africa)
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Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom | Dag Hammarskjöld | March 30, 1957 |
September 1, 1958 | Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie |
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Hendrik Verwoerd | Dag Hammarskjöld | August 31, 1958 |
May 1, 1962 | Matthys Izak Botha |
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Charles Robberts Swart | U Thant | July 10, 1962 |
October 14, 1970 | Carl Friedrich George von Hirschberg |
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Jacob Johannes Fouché | U Thant | July 16, 1970 |
February 15, 1974 | Pik Botha |
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Jacob Johannes Fouché | Kurt Waldheim | |
January 1, 1976 | Jacobus Adriaan Eksteen | Till 1977 a Charge d Affairs.
(*was born 31 October 1942 in Volksrust, Transvaal, Republic (then Union) of South Africa.
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Johannes de Klerk | Kurt Waldheim | |
November 5, 1981 | David Whitefoord Steward | (* 23. Mai 1945 in Nairobi)
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Marais Viljoen | Kurt Waldheim | January 1, 1979 |
October 7, 1983 | Kurt Robert Samuel von Schirnding | Marais Viljoen | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | January 1, 1982 | |
January 1, 1987 | Albert Leslie Manley | 07|1988: Permanent Representative, Geneva (UN), | Pieter Willem Botha | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | |
September 11, 1991 | Vernon Rudston Whiteford Steward |
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Frederik Willem de Klerk | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | |
February 1995 | Josiah Khiphusizi Jele | (* 1 May 1930, in Alexandra, Johannesburg).[4] | Nelson Mandela | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | |
April 21, 1999 | Dumisani Kumalo | Thabo Mbeki | Kofi Annan | January 1, 1998 | |
March 17, 2009 | Baso Sangqu | Jacob Zuma | Ban Ki-moon | March 16, 2009 | |
March 13, 2013 | Jeremiah Kingsley Mamabolo | (*Born in Johannesburg on 13 August 1955)
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Jacob Zuma | Ban Ki-moon | |
July 5, 2016 | Jerry Matthews Matjila | Jacob Zuma | Ban Ki-moon | ||
February 3, 2021 | Mathu Theda Joyini | Cyril Ramaphosa | António Guterres |
40°45′24″N 73°58′11″W / 40.756731°N 73.969773°W
References
- ^ South Africa New York
- ^ Eric Louw
- ^ David Whitefoord Steward
- ^ Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
- ^ Kingsley Mamabolo
- ^ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Capetown, Volume 4. 1971. ISBN 9780625003204. Retrieved 15 August 2017.