The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Burkina Faso.
The Russian ambassador to Burkina Faso and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Ouagadougou. The post of Russian ambassador to Burkina Faso is currently held by , incumbent since 3 May 2024.
History of diplomatic relations
The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and what was then the Republic of Upper Volta were established on 18 February 1967. The country was renamed Burkina Faso on 4 August 1984. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the incumbent Soviet ambassador continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992, when the embassy in Ouagadougou was closed. With the closing of the embassy, relations were carried out through the Russian embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with the ambassador to Ivory Coast dually accredited to Burkina Faso. On 28 December 2023, the Russian Embassy in Burkina Faso was reopened with appointed as the first ambassador solely accredited to the country since 1992.
List of representatives (1967–present) Soviet Union to the Republic of Upper Volta (1967–1984) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes Ambassador9 September 196729 March 1974 Vadim TikunovAmbassador29 March 197428 August 1978 Ambassador4 October 19788 August 1981 Ambassador8 August 1981 4 August 1984
Soviet Union to Burkina Faso (1984–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes Ambassador4 August 19849 September 1985 Ambassador9 September 198521 August 1987 Ambassador21 August 198725 December 1991
Russian Federation to Burkina Faso (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes Ambassador25 December 1991 2 November 1992 Ambassador2 November 199226 June 1995 Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast Ambassador26 June 1995 29 March 2000 Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast Aleksandr TrofimovAmbassador29 March 2000 8 June 2006Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast Ambassador8 June 200629 October 2010Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast Ambassador11 February 201118 January 2016Concurrently ambassador to Ivory CoastAmbassador18 January 201614 July 2022Concurrently ambassador to Ivory CoastAmbassador14 July 20223 May 2024Concurrently ambassador to Ivory CoastAmbassador3 May 2024
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