United States Ambassador to the United Nations facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Linda Thomas-Greenfield since February 25, 2021
Nominator	Joe Biden
Inaugural holder	Edward Stettinius, Jr. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	1945
Website	U.S. Mission - UN

The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is a very important job. This person is the main representative for the United States at the United Nations (UN). The UN is an international organization where countries work together on global issues.

The Ambassador leads the U.S. Mission, which is like the American team at the UN. They speak for the U.S. government and its President.

Currently, Linda Thomas-Greenfield is the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She started this role on February 25, 2021. Many famous people have held this position, including George H. W. Bush, who later became President, and Madeleine Albright, who became Secretary of State.

Who Are the U.S. Ambassadors to the UN?

This section lists the people who have served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. They are listed in order from the first ambassador to the most recent.

#	Ambassador		Years served	U.S. President
1		Edward Stettinius Jr.	January 17, 1946 – June 3, 1946	Harry S. Truman
—		Herschel Johnson	June 3, 1946 – January 14, 1947 Acting
2		Warren Austin	January 14, 1947 – January 22, 1953
				Dwight D. Eisenhower
3		Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	January 26, 1953 – September 3, 1960
4		James Jeremiah Wadsworth	September 8, 1960 – January 21, 1961
				John F. Kennedy
5		Adlai Stevenson II	January 23, 1961 – July 14, 1965
				Lyndon B. Johnson
6		Arthur Goldberg	July 28, 1965 – June 24, 1968
7		George Ball	June 26, 1968 – September 25, 1968
8		James Russell Wiggins	October 7, 1968 – January 20, 1969
9		Charles W. Yost	January 23, 1969 – February 25, 1971	Richard Nixon
10		George H. W. Bush	March 1, 1971 – January 18, 1973
11		John A. Scali	February 20, 1973 – June 29, 1975
				Gerald Ford
12		Daniel Patrick Moynihan	June 30, 1975 – February 2, 1976
13		William Scranton	March 15, 1976 – January 19, 1977
14		Andrew Young	January 30, 1977 – September 23, 1979	Jimmy Carter
15		Donald McHenry	September 23, 1979 – January 20, 1981
16		Jeane Kirkpatrick	February 4, 1981 – April 1, 1985	Ronald Reagan
17		Vernon A. Walters	May 22, 1985 – March 15, 1989
				George H. W. Bush
18		Thomas R. Pickering	March 20, 1989 – May 7, 1992
19		Edward J. Perkins	May 12, 1992 – January 27, 1993
				Bill Clinton
20		Madeleine Albright	January 27, 1993 – January 21, 1997
21		Bill Richardson	February 18, 1997 – August 18, 1998
—		Peter Burleigh	August 18, 1998 – September 7, 1999 Acting
22		Richard Holbrooke	September 7, 1999 – January 20, 2001
—		James B. Cunningham	January 20, 2001 – September 19, 2001 Acting	George W. Bush
23		John Negroponte	September 19, 2001 – July 23, 2004
24		John Danforth	July 23, 2004 – January 20, 2005
—		Anne W. Patterson	January 20, 2005 – August 2, 2005 Acting
25		John Bolton	August 2, 2005 – December 31, 2006 Not officially confirmed by the U.S. Senate
—		Alejandro Daniel Wolff	December 31, 2006 – April 30, 2007 Acting
26		Zalmay Khalilzad	April 30, 2007 – January 22, 2009
				Barack Obama
27		Susan Rice	January 26, 2009 – June 30, 2013
—		Rosemary DiCarlo	June 30, 2013 – August 5, 2013 Acting
28		Samantha Power	August 5, 2013 – January 20, 2017
–		Michele J. Sison	January 20, 2017 – January 27, 2017 Acting	Donald Trump
29		Nikki Haley	January 27, 2017 – December 31, 2018
–		Jonathan Cohen	January 1, 2019 – September 12, 2019 Acting
30		Kelly Craft	September 12, 2019 – January 20, 2021
31		Linda Thomas-Greenfield	Since February 23, 2021	Joe Biden

See also

In Spanish: Embajador de los Estados Unidos ante las Naciones Unidas para niños