Andrey Gromyko Appointed 1946 1948
Yakov Malik 1948 1952
Valerian Zorin 1952 1953
Andrey Vyshinsky 1953 22 November 1954
Arkady Sobolev 1955 12 April 1955 -1960
Valerian Zorin 1960 1963
Nikolai Fedorenko 1963 7 January 1963 -1968
Yakov Malik 1968 1976
Oleg Troyanovsky 1976 6 January 1977 -1986
Yuri Dubinin 1986 20 March 1986 -1986
Alexander Belonogov 1986 1990
Yuli Vorontsov 1990 22 May 1990 -1991

Yuli Vorontsov 26 December 1991 – 7 July 1994
Sergey Lavrov 7 July 1994 22 September 1994 – 12 July 2004
Andrey Denisov 12 July 2004 – 3 August 2004 -8 April 2006
Vitaly Churkin -8 April 2006 1 May 2006 -Present