The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Pakistan is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Pakistan.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Islamabad. There is a consulate general in Karachi, and an honorary consul is based in Lahore.
The post of Russian ambassador to Pakistan is currently held by , incumbent since 10 November 2023.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations were established on an embassy level on 1 May 1948, when the Soviet embassy was opened in Karachi, the then capital of Pakistan. The first ambassador, , was appointed on 22 November 1949. In August 1960 the capital of Pakistan was moved to the newly founded city of Islamabad, where the embassy is now based.
List of representatives (1949–present) Soviet Union to Pakistan (1949–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador22 November 194913 February 1950Ambassador13 February 195020 January 1956Ambassador20 January 195615 February 1960Ambassador15 February 196023 November 1961Ambassador28 November 19616 August 1965Ambassador6 August 196529 May 1971Aleksei RodionovAmbassador29 May 19715 December 1974Ambassador5 December 197411 July 1980Vitaly SmirnovAmbassador11 July 198016 May 1985Abdurrahman VazirovAmbassador16 May 198512 July 1988Victor YakuninAmbassador12 July 198825 December 1991
Russian Federation to Pakistan (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesVictor YakuninAmbassador25 December 199129 April 1993Ambassador29 April 199318 September 1998Ambassador18 September 19984 December 1999Ambassador8 June 200012 July 2004Sergey PeskovAmbassador12 July 200430 September 2008Andrey BudnikAmbassador30 September 200814 December 2013Alexey DedovAmbassador14 December 201311 April 2019Ambassador11 April 201910 November 2023Ambassador10 November 2023
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