The ambassador of Russia to Djibouti is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Djibouti.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Djibouti City. The current Russian ambassador to Djibouti is , incumbent since 24 April 2019. The Russian ambassador to Djibouti has dual accreditation as the non-resident ambassador to Somalia.

History of diplomatic relations

Formal diplomatic relations between Djibouti and the Soviet Union were established on 3 April 1978. was appointed as the first ambassador on 23 November 1978. Exchange of ambassadors continued throughout the following years. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the incumbent Soviet ambassador, Pulat Abdullayev, continued in post as the Russian ambassador until 1995.

The Soviet Union had established diplomatic relations with Somalia in 1960, with ambassadors appointed from that year onwards. With the Somali Civil War resulting in a collapse of centralised government, the Soviet embassy was evacuated in 1991. Diplomatic relations remained broken off until being restored with the Federal Government of Somalia in 2013. Since then, the Russian ambassador to Djibouti has had dual accreditation as the non-resident ambassador to Somalia.

List of representatives of Russia to Djibouti (1978–present) Soviet Union to Djibouti (1978–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador23 November 197813 May 1986 Credentials presented on 19 December 1978Ambassador13 May 1986 21 March 1991Pulat AbdullayevAmbassador21 March 199125 December 1991

Russian Federation to Djibouti (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesPulat AbdullayevAmbassador25 December 199126 May 1995Ambassador26 May 19955 May 1999Ambassador19 July 199927 October 2003Ambassador27 October 200320 January 2009Ambassador20 January 200927 November 2015Concurrently ambassador to SomaliaAmbassador27 November 20154 April 2019Credentials presented on 14 March 2016 Concurrently ambassador to SomaliaAmbassador24 April 2019 Credentials presented on 10 July 2019 Concurrently ambassador to Somalia

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