The ambassador of Russia to Rwanda is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Rwanda.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Kigali. The current Russian ambassador to Rwanda is Alexander Polyakov, incumbent since 14 June 2024.
History of diplomatic relations
Following a series of events, including the Rwandan Revolution in 1959 and the 1961 Rwandan monarchy referendum, culminating in a Rwandan declaration of independence in 1962, the Soviet Union moved to establish relations with the new state. The two countries agreed to exchange ambassadors on 17 October 1963, and the first Soviet ambassador to Rwanda, , was appointed on 1 November 1966, and presented his credentials on 4 January 1967. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the incumbent Soviet ambassador, Pyotr Komendant, continued as a representative of the Russian Federation until 1994.
List of representatives (1966- present) Soviet Union to Rwanda (1966-1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador1 November 196624 May 1972Presented credentials on 4 January 1967Ambassador2 June 197219 May 1978Presented credentials on 21 July 1972Ambassador19 May 197817 November 1984Presented credentials on 7 June 1978Ambassador17 November 198423 August 1990Presented credentials on 8 January 1985Pyotr KomendantAmbassador23 August 199025 December 1991
Russian Federation to Rwanda (1991-present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesPyotr KomendantAmbassador25 December 199111 January 1994Ambassador11 January 199428 July 1998Ambassador28 July 199817 September 2002Ambassador17 September 200220 December 2006Ambassador20 December 200622 May 2013Andrei PolyakovAmbassador22 May 201331 October 2017Ambassador14 March 201814 June 2024Alexander PolyakovAmbassador14 June 2024
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