Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations


The Permanent Representative of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations 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.
NamePortraitEntered officeLeft officeNotes
Mohammed Kabir Louddin19491950
Abdul Hamid Aziz195016 April 1958
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak16 April 195825 July 1979
Bismellah Sahak25 July 19792 November 1981
Farid Zarif2 November 198123 January 1987
Shah Mohammad Dost23 January 198710 August 1989
Noor Ahmed Noor10 August 198925 June 1991
Khodaidad Basharmal25 June 199130 April 1993
Ravan A.G. Farhadi30 April 199318 December 2006
Dr. Zahir Tanin19 December 20065 October 2015
Mahmoud Saikal27 October 201531 December 2018
Adela Raz31 December 2018