Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations

Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations
File:National emblem of Afghanistan.svg Coat of Arms of Afghanistan
Incumbent Adela Raz since October 27, 2015
Style	His/Her Excellency
Appointer	President of Afghanistan
Formation	1949
Website	afghanistan-un.org

The Permanent Representative of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations (Pashto: په ملګرو ملتونو کې د افغانستان د اسلامي جمهوريت دایمي استازی) is the Afghanistan's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations. The permanent Representative is the head of a diplomatic mission to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.The Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations has headed the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations since Afghanistan became a UN Member State on 19 November 1946.

The current Permanent Representative of Afghaistan is Adela Raz, who was appointed on December 31, 2018.

List of Afghan Permanent Representative to the United Nations

This is a list of Afghan Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Notes
Mohammed Kabir Louddin		1949	1950
Abdul Hamid Aziz		1950	16 April 1958
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak		16 April 1958	25 July 1979
Bismellah Sahak		25 July 1979	2 November 1981
Farid Zarif		2 November 1981	23 January 1987
Shah Mohammad Dost		23 January 1987	10 August 1989
Noor Ahmed Noor		10 August 1989	25 June 1991
Khodaidad Basharmal		25 June 1991	30 April 1993
Ravan A.G. Farhadi		30 April 1993	18 December 2006
Dr. Zahir Tanin		19 December 2006	5 October 2015
Mahmoud Saikal		27 October 2015	31 December 2018
Adela Raz		31 December 2018

See also

• Afghanistan and the United Nations
• List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
• Foreign relations of Afghanistan
• Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan

External links

• Official website of the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN