Countries Elected Members
Below you can see the list of all countries which have been elected as members of the Security Council at least once since 1946.
Algeria
1968 – 1969 , 1988 – 1989 , 2004 – 2005
Angola
2003 – 2004 , 2015 – 2016
Argentina
1948 – 1949 , 1959 – 1960 , 1966 – 1967 , 1971 – 1972 , 1987 – 1988 , 1994 – 1995 , 1999 – 2000 , 2005 – 2006 , 2013 – 2014
Australia
1946 – 1947 , 1956 – 1957 , 1973 – 1974 , 1985 – 1986 , 2013 – 2014
Austria
1973 – 1974 , 1991 – 1992 , 2009 – 2010
Azerbaijan
2012 – 2013
Bahrain
1998 – 1999
Bangladesh
1979 – 1980 , 2000 – 2001
Belarus
1974 – 1975
Belgium
1947 – 1948 , 1955 – 1956 , 1971 – 1972 , 1991 – 1992 , 2007 – 2008 , 2019 – 2020
Benin
1976 – 1977 , 2004 – 2005
Bolivia
1964 – 1965 , 1978 – 1979 , 2017 – 2018
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010 – 2011
Botswana
1995 – 1996
Brazil
1946 – 1947 , 1951 – 1952 , 1954 – 1955 , 1963 – 1964 , 1967 – 1968 , 1988 – 1989 , 1993 – 1994 , 1998 – 1999 , 2004 – 2005 , 2010 – 2011
Bulgaria
1966 – 1967 , 1986 – 1987 , 2002 – 2003
Burkina Faso
1984 – 1985 , 2008 – 2009
Burundi
1970 – 1971
Cabo Verde
1992 – 1993
Cameroon
1974 – 1975 , 2002 – 2003
Canada
1948 – 1949 , 1958 – 1959 , 1967 – 1968 , 1977 – 1978 , 1989 – 1990 , 1999 – 2000
Ceylon (see Sri Lanka)
Chad
2014 – 2015
Chile
1952 – 1953 , 1961 – 1962 , 1996 – 1997 , 2003 – 2004 , 2014 – 2015
China – Permanent Member
Colombia
1947 – 1948 , 1953 – 1954 , 1957 – 1958 , 1969 – 1970 , 1989 – 1990 , 2001 – 2002 , 2011 – 2012
Congo
1986 – 1987 , 2006 – 2007
Costa Rica
1974 – 1975 , 1997 – 1998 , 2008 – 2009
Côte d'Ivoire
1964 – 1965 , 1990 – 1991 , 2018 – 2019
Croatia
2008 – 2009
Cuba
1949 – 1950 , 1956 – 1957 , 1990 – 1991
Czech Republic
1994 – 1995
Czechoslovakia
1964 , 1978 – 1979
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1982 – 1983 , 1990 – 1991
Denmark
1953 – 1954 , 1967 – 1968 , 1985 – 1986 , 2005 – 2006
Djibouti
1993 – 1994
Dominican Republic
2019 – 2020
Ecuador
1950 – 1951 , 1960 – 1961 , 1991 – 1992
Egypt
1946 , 1949 – 1950 , 1984 – 1985 , 1996 – 1997 , 2016 – 2017
Equatorial Guinea
2018 – 2019
Estonia
2020-2021
Ethiopia
1967 – 1968 , 1989 – 1990 , 2017 – 2018
Finland
1969 – 1970 , 1989 – 1990
France – Permanent Member
Gabon
1978 – 1979 , 1998 – 1999 , 2010 – 2011
Gambia
1998 – 1999
German Democratic Republic (see Germany)
Germany
1977 – 1978 , 1987 – 1988 , 1995 – 1996 , 2003 – 2004 , 2011 – 2012 , 2019 – 2020
Ghana
1962 – 1963 , 1986 – 1987 , 2006 – 2007
Greece
1952 – 1953 , 2005 – 2006
Guatemala
2012 – 2013
Guinea
1972 – 1973 , 2002 – 2003
Guinea-Bissau
1996 – 1997
Guyana
1975 – 1976 , 1982 – 1983
Honduras
1995 – 1996
Hungary
1968 – 1969 , 1992 – 1993
India
1950 – 1951 , 1967 – 1968 , 1972 – 1973 , 1977 – 1978 , 1984 – 1985 , 1991 – 1992 , 2011 – 2012
Indonesia
1973 – 1974 , 1995 – 1996 , 2007 – 2008 , 2019 – 2020
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1955 – 1956
Iraq
1957 – 1958 , 1974 – 1975
Ireland
1962 , 1981 – 1982 , 2001 – 2002
Italy
1959 – 1960 , 1971 – 1972 , 1975 – 1976 , 1987 – 1988 , 1995 – 1996 , 2007 – 2008 , 2017 ,
Ivory Coast (see Côte d'Ivoire)
Jamaica
1979 – 1980 , 2000 – 2001
Japan
1958 – 1959 , 1966 – 1967 , 1971 – 1972 , 1975 – 1976 , 1981 – 1982 , 1987 – 1988 , 1992 – 1993 , 1997 – 1998 , 2005 – 2006 , 2009 – 2010 , 2016 – 2017
Jordan
1965 – 1966 , 1982 – 1983 , 2014 – 2015
Kazakhstan
2017 – 2018
Kenya
1973 – 1974 , 1997 – 1998
Kuwait
1978 – 1979 , 2018 – 2019
Lebanon
1953 – 1954 , 2010 – 2011
Liberia
1961
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
1976 – 1977 , 2008 – 2009
Lithuania
2014 – 2015
Luxembourg
2013 – 2014
Madagascar
1985 – 1986
Malaysia
1965 , 1989 – 1990 , 1999 – 2000 , 2015 – 2016
Mali
1966 – 1967 , 2000 – 2001
Malta
1983 – 1984
Mauritania
1974 – 1975
Mauritius
1977 – 1978 , 2001 – 2002
Mexico
1946 , 1980 – 1981 , 2002 – 2003 , 2009 – 2010
Morocco
1963 – 1964 , 1992 – 1993 , 2012 – 2013
Namibia
1999 – 2000
Nepal
1969 – 1970 , 1988 – 1989
Netherlands
1946 , 1951 – 1952 , 1965 – 1966 , 1983 – 1984 , 1999 – 2000 , 2018 ,
New Zealand
1954 – 1955 , 1966 , 1993 – 1994 , 2015 – 2016
Nicaragua
1970 – 1971 , 1983 – 1984
Niger
1980 – 1981, 2020-2021
Nigeria
1966 – 1967 , 1978 – 1979 , 1994 – 1995 , 2010 – 2011 , 2014 – 2015
Norway
1949 – 1950 , 1963 – 1964 , 1979 – 1980 , 2001 – 2002
Oman
1994 – 1995
Pakistan
1952 – 1953 , 1968 – 1969 , 1976 – 1977 , 1983 – 1984 , 1993 – 1994 , 2003 – 2004 , 2012 – 2013
Panama
1958 – 1959 , 1972 – 1973 , 1976 – 1977 , 1981 – 1982 , 2007 – 2008
Paraguay
1968 – 1969
Peru
1955 – 1956 , 1973 – 1974 , 1984 – 1985 , 2006 – 2007 , 2018 – 2019
Philippines
1957 , 1963 , 1980 – 1981 , 2004 – 2005 ,
Poland
1946 – 1947 , 1960 , 1970 – 1971 , 1982 – 1983 , 1996 – 1997 , 2018 – 2019 ,
Portugal
1979 – 1980 , 1997 – 1998 , 2011 – 2012
Qatar
2006 – 2007
Republic of Korea
1996 – 1997 , 2013 – 2014
Romania
1962 , 1976 – 1977 , 1990 – 1991 , 2004 – 2005
Russian Federation – Permanent Member
Rwanda
1994 – 1995 , 2013 – 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2020-2021
Saudi Arabia (declined to take the seat - see A/68/599)
Senegal
1968 – 1969 , 1988 – 1989 , 2016 – 2017
Sierra Leone
1970 – 1971
Singapore
2001 – 2002
Slovakia
2006 – 2007
Slovenia
1998 – 1999
Somalia
1971 – 1972
South Africa
2007 – 2008 , 2011 – 2012 , 2019 – 2020
Spain
1969 – 1970 , 1981 – 1982 , 1993 – 1994 , 2003 – 2004 , 2015 – 2016
Sri Lanka
1960 – 1961
Sudan
1972 – 1973
Sweden
1957 – 1958 , 1975 – 1976 , 1997 – 1998 , 2017 – 2018
Syrian Arab Republic
1947 – 1948 , 1970 – 1971 , 2002 – 2003
Thailand
1985 – 1986
Togo
1982 – 1983 , 2012 – 2013
Trinidad and Tobago
1985 – 1986
Tunisia
1959 – 1960 , 1980 – 1981 , 2000 – 2001, 2020-2021
Turkey
1951 – 1952 , 1954 – 1955 , 1961 , 2009 – 2010
Uganda
1966 , 1981 – 1982 , 2009 – 2010
Ukraine
1948 – 1949 , 1984 – 1985 , 2000 – 2001 , 2016 – 2017
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (see Russian Federation)
United Arab Emirates
1986 – 1987
United Arab Republic
1961 – 1962
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Permanent Member
United Republic of Tanzania
1975 – 1976 , 2005 – 2006
United States of America – Permanent Member
Uruguay
1965 – 1966 , 2016 – 2017
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1962 – 1963 , 1977 – 1978 , 1986 – 1987 , 1992 – 1993 , 2015 – 2016
Viet Nam
2008 – 2009, 2020-2021
Yemen
1990 – 1991
Yugoslavia
1950 – 1951 , 1956 , 1972 – 1973 , 1988 – 1989
Zaire (see Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Zambia
1969 – 1970 , 1979 – 1980 , 1987 – 1988
Zimbabwe
1983 – 1984 , 1991 – 1992