| Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the International Civil Aviation Organization | |
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 Seal of the Department of State | |
| United States Department of State | |
| Style | His Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Reports to | President of the United States United States Secretary of State |
| Seat | ICAO Headquarters Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Appointer | President of the United States with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term At the pleasure of the President of the United States |
| Formation | September 22, 1947 |
| First holder | Laurence S. Kuter |
| Website | icao |
The United States Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization is the leader of the U.S. Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The position is formally known as the permanent representative of the United States of America, with the rank and status of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. The position is but one of the United States' representatives to the United Nations and its other constituent agencies. The U.S. nominee to the Air Navigation Commission, a body that works towards the uniformity in regulations, standards and procedures which will facilitate and improve air navigation to international standards, acts as the deputy to the Permanent Representative.
The United States sent a delegation to the 1944 Chicago Conference, and became a party of the Convention on International Civil Aviation which was resolved at its end on 7 December 1944. The United States first sent a permanent representative to serve on the Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) which began operating on 6 June 1945 and was replaced by ICAO on 7 April 1947. Air Force General Laurence S. Kuter was appointed the first representative to ICAO by presidential order in September 1946, and fully appointed in September 1947.