Samuel Žbogar

Samuel Žbogar (born 5 March 1962) is a Slovenian diplomat and politician who has served as his country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York since 2025, having previously held various foreign policy roles at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the European Union.

Early life and education Born in Postojna, Žbogar spent his youth in Nova Gorica. He attended the Nova Gorica Grammar School, where he was a schoolmate of Borut Pahor, who later served as Prime Minister of Slovenia. Žbogar graduated with a degree in international relations from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana.

In addition to Slovene, he speaks Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, English, Italian and French. In 2023 he became head of the Slovenian special mission to the United Nations Security Council for the duration of the Slovenian membership (2024−2025).

In 2025 Žbogar was appointed his country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and served as President of the Security Council in December 2025.