The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is the official representative of the government of Russia to the government of Ethiopia.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Addis Ababa. The ambassador to Ethiopia is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the African Union. The post of Russian ambassador to Ethiopia is currently held by , incumbent since 27 March 2019.
Background
Russia established diplomatic relations with Ethiopia on 9 August 1897 and sent its first head of mission, Pyotr Vlasov. The successful development of Russo-Ethiopian relations, at least at the first stage (until 1907), was mainly due to the fact that Russia did not participate in the colonial division of Africa and therefore did not pose any threat to Ethiopia. Russia was the great global power and thus a country like Ethiopia needed an ally to continue its existence. As a rival of British Empire and Italy in global and regional politics, Russia objectively became in Ethiopia a political counterbalance to the imperialist plans of these powers. The Russian mission was tasked with "gaining the trust of the Negus and, if possible, protecting him from the intrigues of our political rivals, especially the British, who pursue such ambitious, predatory goals in Africa."
With the end of the tsarist regime in 1917 the diplomatic relations were interrupted, but were resumed by the Soviet Union on 21 April 1943. The first Soviet ambassador, , arrived in the country on 9 March 1944.
List of representatives (1898 – present) Russian Empire to the Ethiopian Empire (1898 – 1917) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesPyotr VlasovHead of diplomatic mission4 February 1898 11 February 1900Chargé d'affaires1900 1902Konstantin LishinMinister-resident23 March 1902 15 January 1906Sergey LikhachyovActing Minister-resident16 January 1906February 1907Ivan SkarzhinskyChargé d'affaires19071908Ivan KruzenshternChargé d'affaires19081910Chargé d'affaires8 April 19101917
Soviet Union to Ethiopia (1944 – 1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesEnvoy9 March 194428 February 1946Presented credentials on 1 July 1944Envoy28 February 194624 September 1948Presented credentials on 23 May 1946Envoy24 September 194813 December 1953Presented credentials on 28 December 1948Envoy13 December 195322 November 1955Presented credentials on 13 February 1954Envoy (before 22 June 1956)Ambassador (after 22 June 1956)22 November 195513 October 1959Presented credentials on 14 February 1956Ambassador13 October 195926 July 1965Presented credentials on 23 October 1959Ambassador26 July 19652 January 1969Presented credentials on 8 October 1965Ambassador2 January 196914 December 1973Presented credentials on 27 March 1969Ambassador14 December 197328 November 1978Presented credentials on 14 January 1974Ambassador28 November 197826 June 1981Presented credentials on 28 December 1978Ambassador25 June 198129 March 1985Presented credentials on 10 July 1981Ambassador29 March 198525 February 1986Ambassador22 July 198615 August 1990Ambassador15 August 199025 December 1991
Russian Federation to Ethiopia (1991 – present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador25 December 199122 May 1995Ambassador22 May 19959 July 1999Ambassador9 July 199928 February 2005Ambassador28 February 200529 October 2010 Ambassador29 October 2010 23 June 2014 Ambassador23 June 201427 March 2019 Ambassador27 March 2019
See also Foreign relations of Ethiopia List of diplomatic missions in Ethiopia List of ambassadors from Russia
References
External links
Embassy of Russia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia