Permanent representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations

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Style His Excellency Inaugural holder Sir Alexander Cadogan		Appointer Queen Elizabeth II Formation 1946

Website UK Mission to the United Nations (New York)

The permanent representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations, and in charge of the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations (UKMIS). UK permanent representatives to the UN hold the personal rank of ambassador. The full official title and style is:

Her Britannic Majesty's Permanent Representative from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations.

Permanent representatives to the United Nations

2015–present: Matthew Rycroft

2009–2015: Sir Mark Lyall Grant

2007–2009: Sir John Sawers

2003–2007: Sir Emyr Jones Parry

1998–2003: Sir Jeremy Greenstock

1995–1998: Sir John Weston

1990–1995: Sir David Hannay

1987–1990: Sir Crispin Tickell

1982–1987: Sir John Thomson

1979–1982: Sir Anthony Parsons

1974–1979: Lord Richard

1973–1974: Sir Donald Maitland

1970–1973: Sir Colin Crowe

1964–1970: Lord Caradon

1960–1964: Sir Patrick Dean

1954–1960: Sir Pierson Dixon

1950–1954: Sir Gladwyn Jebb

1946–1950: Sir Alexander Cadogan

References

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