The ambassador of Malaysia to the Russian Federation is the head of Malaysia's diplomatic mission to Russia. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the Embassy of Malaysia, Moscow.
History Malaysia and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations on 3 April 1967, and the first ambassador was posted to Moscow on 6 October 1968.
List of heads of mission Ambassadors to the Soviet Union AmbassadorHead of Mission - Embassy of Malaysia, Moscow Term start Term end Zaiton Ibrahim Ahmad 6 October 1968 15 November 1970 Tengku Ngah Mohammed Tengku Sri Akar 4 April 1971 27 December 1973 Raja Aznam Raja Ahmad 10 May 1974 17 June 1977 Zainal Abidin Sulong 14 October 1977 16 July 1980 K. Tharmaratnam 4 November 1980 18 January 1983 Dali Mohd Hashim 9 June 1983 6 April 1986 M. M. Sathiah 8 May 1986 3 July 1989 Mohammed Haron 24 July 1989 25 December 1991
Ambassadors to Russia AmbassadorHead of Mission - Embassy of Malaysia, Moscow Term start Term end Mohammed Haron 25 December 1991 3 November 1993 Yahya Baba 6 December 1993 7 December 2001 Kamarudin Mustafa 3 January 2002 2 April 2005 Mohamad Khalis 10 June 2005 30 June 2010 Zainol Abidin Omar 12 October 2010 5 July 2015 Hayati Ismail 29 October 2015 9 June 2017 Mat Dris Yaacob 18 September 2017 11 January 2020 Bala Chandran Tharman 9 August 2020 7 September 2022 Cheong Loon Lai 31 January 2024 incumbent
See also Malaysia–Soviet Union relations Malaysia–Russia relations
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