Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations

Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations
*Sugo at Palagiang Kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa mga Nagkakaisang Bansa*
Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations; Sugo at Palagiang Kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa mga Nagkakaisang Bansa
	Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent; Enrique Manalo; since September 9, 2025
	Department of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mr. Ambassador; (informal); His Excellency; (diplomatic)
Reports to	President of the Philippines; Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Term length	No fixed term;
Inaugural holder	Carlos P. Romulo
Formation	1946; 80 years ago

The ambassador and permanent representative of the Philippines to the United Nations (Filipino: Sugo at Palagiang Kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa mga Nagkakaisang Bansa) is the head of the diplomatic mission of the government of the Philippines to the United Nations.

StyleMr. Ambassador
(informal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)

ReportstoPresident of the Philippines
Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Termlength

No fixed term

InauguralholderCarlos P. Romulo

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#		Years served	U.N. Secretary-General	Philippine President
1	Carlos P. Romulo	1946–1948	Trygve Lie	Manuel Roxas
		1948–1952		Elpidio Quirino
		1952–1953
			Dag Hammarskjöld
				Ramon Magsaysay
2	Felixberto Serrano	1954–1957		Ramon Magsaysay
3	Francisco Delgado	1958–1961		Carlos P. Garcia
3	Francisco Delgado	1961	U Thant	Carlos P. Garcia
4	Jacinto Borja	1962–1964		Diosdado Macapagal
5	Salvador Lopez	1964–1965		Diosdado Macapagal
5	Salvador Lopez	1965–1969		Ferdinand Marcos
6	Narciso Reyes	1970–1971
6	Narciso Reyes	1971–1977	Kurt Waldheim
7	Alejandro Yango	1979–1981	Kurt Waldheim
7	Alejandro Yango	1981–1982	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
8	Luis Moreno-Salcedo	1982–1985
9	Salvador Lopez	1986–1987		Corazon Aquino
10	Emmanuel Pelaez	1987–1988
11	Claudio Teehankee	1988–1989
12	Sedfrey Ordoñez	1990–1991
12	Sedfrey Ordoñez	1991–1992	Boutros Boutros-Ghali
13	Narcisa L. Escaler	1992–1994		Fidel V. Ramos
14	Felipe Mabilangan	1994–1996
		1997–1998	Kofi Annan
		1998–2001		Joseph Ejercito Estrada
15	Alfonso Yuchengco	2001–2002		Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
16	Lauro Baja, Jr.	2003–2006
16	Lauro Baja, Jr.	2006–2007	Ban Ki-moon
17	Hilario Davide, Jr.	2007–2010
18	Libran N. Cabactulan	2010^[2]
18	Libran N. Cabactulan	2010–2015		Benigno S. Aquino III
19	Lourdes O. Yparraguirre^[3]	2015^[4]–2017		Benigno S. Aquino III
20	Teodoro Locsin Jr.	2017–2018		Rodrigo Duterte
20	Teodoro Locsin Jr.	2017–2018	António Guterres
21	Rodolfo D. Robles	2018–2020
22	Enrique Manalo	2020–2022
23	Antonio M. Lagdameo	2022–2025		Bongbong Marcos
24	Enrique Manalo	2025–present		Bongbong Marcos

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Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations Sugo at Palagiang Kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa mga Nagkakaisang Bansa
Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent Enrique Manalo since September 9, 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mr. Ambassador (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Reports to	President of the Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Carlos P. Romulo
Formation	1946; 80 years ago (1946)