The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Ireland is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Ireland.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Dublin. The post of Russian ambassador to Ireland is currently held by , incumbent since 26 July 2017.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between Ireland and the Soviet Union were established on 29 September 1973, with the publishing of a joint communiqué on the exchange of diplomatic missions. Both countries began to exchange ambassadors from 1973 onwards. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ireland recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state. The incumbent Soviet ambassador, Nikolai Kozyrev, continued to serve as representative of Russia until 1998.
List of representatives (1973–present) Soviet Union to Ireland (1973–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador26 March 19743 August 1979Presentation of credentials on 14 June 1974Ambassador31 March 198011 November 1986Presentation of credentials on 11 June 1980Ambassador11 November 198618 March 1991Ambassador18 March 199116 October 1991Nikolai KozyrevAmbassador16 October 199125 December 1991
Russian Federation to Ireland (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesNikolai KozyrevAmbassador25 December 1991 6 April 1998Ambassador6 April 199829 December 2001Vladimir RakhmaninAmbassador29 December 200120 October 2006Ambassador20 October 200622 May 2011Chargé d'affaires22 May 201120 February 2012Ambassador20 February 201226 July 2017Ambassador26 July 2017
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