The ambassador of Russia to Lebanon is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Lebanon.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Beirut. The current Russian ambassador to Lebanon is , incumbent since 14 August 2020.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Lebanon were established in 1943, shortly after the country's independence from France, and with the Soviet Union becoming one of the first countries to recognise an independent Lebanon. Diplomatic relations were initially handled through the Soviet mission in Syria, with the Soviet envoy to Syria, Daniel Solod, given dual accreditation to Lebanon from 14 September 1944. This practice continued until 2 September 1953, when a new envoy, was appointed to represent the USSR in Syria, leaving the former envoy, , as solely accredited to Lebanon. The mission was upgraded to an embassy on 29 June 1956, and since 16 August 1956, representatives have the title of ambassador. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Lebanon recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state on 30 December 1991, and the incumbent Soviet ambassador, , continued as the Russian ambassador until 1996.
List of representatives of Russia to Lebanon (1944–present) Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Lebanon (1944–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesDaniel SolodEnvoy14 September 194422 April 1950Credentials presented on 30 October 1944Concurrently Soviet envoy to SyriaEnvoy22 April 195024 November 1950Concurrently Soviet envoy to SyriaEnvoy24 November 195017 December 1955Credentials presented on 15 March 1951Concurrently Soviet envoy to Syria until 2 September 1953Envoy until 16 August 1956Ambassador after 16 August 195617 December 195510 July 1961Credentials presented on 22 August 1956Ambassador10 July 19619 October 1962Credentials presented on 15 September 1961Ambassador9 October 19626 May 1966 Credentials presented on 7 December 1962 Ambassador6 May 1966 20 May 1969Credentials presented on 16 August 1966Ambassador20 May 196917 October 1974Credentials presented on 13 June 1969Ambassador17 October 197422 April 1986Credentials presented on 5 November 1974Ambassador22 April 198614 September 1990Ambassador14 September 199025 December 1991
Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to Lebanon (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador25 December 199129 January 1996Ambassador29 January 199629 October 1999Credentials presented in February 1996Ambassador29 October 19997 May 2004 Ambassador7 May 2004 1 October 2010Ambassador1 October 201014 August 2020Ambassador14 August 2020
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