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Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

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Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Emblem of India
Flag of India
since 1 September 2024
StyleHis/Her Excellency[1]
AppointerPresident of India
Formation1947
Websitewww.pminewyork.org

The permanent representative of India to the United Nations is India's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations. The permanent representative (UN ambassador)[2] is the head of the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York City.

The permanent representative of India to the UN is Parvathaneni Harish, who took charge of the post from September 1, 2024 .

List

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This is a list of Indian permanent representative to the United Nations.[3][4]

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Notes
Feroz Khan Noon 1945 1946
Samar Sen 1946 1948 Permanent liaison officer to the UN
B. N. Rau Postage stamp issued in honour of B. N. Rau. March 1948 1952
Rajeshwar Dayal 1952 August 1954
Arthur S. Lall September 1954 December 1959
Chandra Shekhar Jha January 1959 1962
B. N. Chakrvarthy August 1962 July 1965
G. Parthasarathy August 1965 December 1968 Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (September 1967)
Samar Sen January 1969 July 1974 Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (December 1972)
Rikhi Jaipal July 1974 May 1979 Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (October 1977)
Brajesh Mishra June 1979 March 1981
Natarajan Krishnan April 1981 September 1986 Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (February 1985)
Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan October 1986 December 1992
Mohammad Hamid Ansari January 1993 January 1995 Also served as Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017
Prakash Shah February 1995 July 1997
Kamalesh Sharma August 1997 May 2002 Served as the 5th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations (2008–2016)
Vijay K. Nambiar May 2002 May 2004
Nirupam Sen September 2004 March 2009
Hardeep Singh Puri May 2009 February 2013
Asoke Kumar Mukerji April 2013 December 2015
Syed Akbaruddin January 2016 April 2020
T. S. Tirumurti May 2020[5] June 2022 Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (August 2021)
Ruchira Kamboj August 2022[6] 31 May 2024
Parvathaneni Harish September 2024[7] Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About us". Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  2. ^ "History of Ambassadors", United States Mission to the United Nations, March 2011, webpage: USUN-a Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Permanent Representatives of India to the United Nations". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  4. ^ Mukerji, Asoke (2015). India and The United Nations. New York: Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations. pp. 368–374.
  5. ^ "Shri T. S. Tirumurti appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York". Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Ruchira Kamboj appointed Permanent Representative to UN". The Indian Express. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-08-14). "Parvathaneni Harish appointed as India's Permanent Representative to U.N." The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-08-15. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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