Ambassador of Iraq to the United Nations, more formally known as "Permanent Representative of the Republic of Iraq" leads Iraq delegation to the United Nations in New York City.[1]
The current representative is Zardasht Abdulla Muhammad.[2]
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
#
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Name
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Years served
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UN Secretary-General
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Prime Minister of Iraq
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Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
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1
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Ismat T. Kittani (acting)
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1958–59
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Dag Hammarskjöld
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Abd al-Karim Qasim
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2
|
Adnan Pachachi
|
1959–65
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Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant
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Abd al-Karim Qasim, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Tahir Yahya
|
3
|
Khadim Kahlaf
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1965–67
|
U Thant
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Arif Abd ar-Razzaq, Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Naji Talib, Abdul Rahman Arif, Tahir Yahya
|
4
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Adnan Pachachi
|
1967–69
|
U Thant
|
Tahir Yahya
|
Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)
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4
|
Adnan Pachachi
|
1967–69
|
U Thant
|
Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
5
|
Adnan Raouf (acting)
|
1969–70
|
U Thant
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
6
|
Talib el-Shibib
|
1970–72
|
U Thant, Kurt Waldheim
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
7
|
Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly
|
1972–74
|
Kurt Waldheim
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
8
|
Salah Omar al-Ali
|
1980–82
|
Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
|
Saddam Hussein
|
9
|
Riyadh al-Qaysi
|
1983–86
|
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
|
Saddam Hussein
|
10
|
Ismat T. Kittani
|
1986–89
|
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
|
Saddam Hussein
|
11
|
Abdul Amir al-Anbari
|
1990–92
|
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
|
Saddam Hussein, Sa'dun Hammadi, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi
|
12
|
Nizar Hamdoon
|
1992–98
|
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan
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Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai, Saddam Hussein
|
13
|
Saeed H. Hasan
|
1999–2000
|
Kofi Annan
|
Saddam Hussein
|
14
|
Mohammed A. Aldouri
|
2001–03
|
Kofi Annan
|
Saddam Hussein,
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Republic of Iraq (2003–2022)
|
15
|
Samir Sumaidaie
|
2004–06
|
Kofi Annan
|
Ayad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Nouri al-Maliki
|
16
|
T. Hamid al Bayati
|
2007–13
|
Ban Ki-moon
|
Nouri al-Maliki
|
17
|
Mohamed Ali Alhakim
|
2013–18
|
Ban Ki-moon, António Guterres
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Nouri al-Maliki, Haider al-Abadi
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18
|
Mohammed Hussein Bahr al-Uloom
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2018–2022
|
António Guterres
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Haider al-Abadi, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
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