List of ambassadors of Russia to Australia
Ambassador of the His Excellency The Honourable | |
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Reports to | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Seat | Canberra |
Appointer | President of Russia |
Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
Website | Embassy of Russia in Australia |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Commonwealth of Australia is the official representative of the
Government of Australia
.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the
consulate-general in Sydney.[2] The ambassador of Russia to Australia is concurrently accredited to Fiji, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
.
The post of Russian Ambassador to Australia is currently held by Aleksey Pavlovsky , incumbent since 3 April 2019.[3]
History of diplomatic relations
Contact between Australia and the
Commonwealth of Australia were formally established on 10 October 1942.[4] The first envoy, Andrey Vlasov , was appointed on 13 October 1942.[4] Representation was upgraded to the exchange of ambassadors after 1948.[4] On 4 April 1954 the ambassador, Nikolai Generalov , was recalled to Moscow in the wake of the Petrov Affair. Diplomatic representation was thereafter suspended until 3 March 1959, when an agreement was made to exchange ambassadors. Ivan Kurdyukov was appointed on 23 June 1959, and presented his credentials on 10 August 1959.[4] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, Vyacheslav Dolgov, continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.[4]
List of representatives (1942 – present)
Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Commonwealth of Australia (1942 – 1991)
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Andrey Vlasov | Envoy | 13 October 1942 | 7 December 1944 | |
Nikolai Lifanov | Envoy | 7 December 1944 | 16 July 1953 | Ambassador after 1948 |
Nikolai Generalov | Ambassador | 16 July 1953 | 23 April 1954 | |
Ivan Kurdyukov | Ambassador | 23 June 1959 | 6 February 1963 | |
Vitaly Loginov | Ambassador | 6 February 1963 | 20 October 1966 | |
Nikolai Tarakanov | Ambassador | 20 October 1966 | 24 June 1970 | |
Nikolai Mesyatsev | Ambassador | 24 June 1970 | 14 July 1972 | |
Dmitry Musin | Ambassador | 14 July 1972 | 14 January 1975 | |
Aleksandr Basov | Ambassador | 14 January 1975 | 20 October 1979 | |
Nikolai Sudarikov | Ambassador | 20 October 1979 | 24 April 1983 | |
Yevgeny Samoteykin | Ambassador | 24 April 1983 | 28 August 1990 | |
Vyacheslav Dolgov | Ambassador | 28 August 1990 | 25 December 1991 |
Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Commonwealth of Australia (1991 – present)
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Vyacheslav Dolgov | Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 11 November 1993 | |
Alexander Losyukov | Ambassador | 11 November 1993 | 6 September 1997 | |
Rashit Khamidulin | Ambassador | 31 August 1998 | 20 July 2001 | |
Leonid Moiseyev | Ambassador | 20 July 2001 | 10 November 2005 | |
Alexander Blokhin
|
Ambassador | 10 November 2005 | 29 June 2010 | |
Vladimir Morozov | Ambassador | 29 June 2010 | 28 July 2016 | |
Grigory Logvinov | Ambassador | 28 July 2016 | 3 April 2019 | |
Aleksey Pavlovsky | Ambassador | 3 April 2019 |
See also
- List of ambassadors of Australia to Russia
- Embassy of Australia, Moscow
- Foreign relations of Australia
- Ambassadors of Russia
References
- ^ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in Australia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Sydney". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Миссия - Посольство СССР в Австралии" (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
External links
- "Embassy of the Russian Federation to Australia". australia.mid.ru. Retrieved 30 September 2019.