The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Argentine Republic is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Argentina.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Buenos Aires. The post of Russian ambassador to Argentina is currently held by , incumbent since 20 June 2018.
History of diplomatic relations
The Russian Empire maintained consulates in Argentina during the early twentieth century. These represented Russian interests in the country until 1909, after which relations were maintained through the embassy in Brazil, with acting as charge d'affaires. Shtein was appointed the first envoy to Argentina in 1916, and continued after the February Revolution in 1917 as representative of the Russian Provisional Government. After the Bolshevik seizure of power in the October Revolution that year, Shtein's accreditation was revoked on 26 November 1917. The Argentine government continued to recognize him as the Russian envoy however, and he functioned in this role into the 1930s, during which there was no official representation from the USSR.
Official relations between the Soviet Union and the Argentine Republic were established in June 1946, with the first ambassador, , appointed on 12 July 1946, and presenting his credentials on 12 September that year. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, , continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.
List of representatives
Russian Empire to Argentina (1900–1917) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAlexey ShpeyerConsul19001904Consul19051909Consul19091917Charge d'affaires in Brazil prior to 1916
Soviet Union to Argentina (1946–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador12 July 1946 1 June 1948Ambassador25 November 1950 10 November 1956 Ambassador10 November 195610 November 1959 Ambassador10 November 1959 5 April 1966Ambassador5 April 196614 October 1972 Ambassador14 October 1972 27 September 1978 Ambassador27 September 1978 17 June 1983 Ambassador17 June 1983 23 August 1990 Ambassador23 August 1990 25 December 1991
Russian Federation to Argentina (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador25 December 1991 22 June 1993 Ambassador22 June 1993 8 June 1996Ambassador8 June 199622 August 2000 Ambassador22 August 2000 13 June 2004 Ambassador13 July 2004 7 July 2009 Ambassador7 July 2009 6 December 2010Ambassador21 July 2011 20 June 2018Ambassador20 June 2018
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