The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Costa Rica is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Costa Rica.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in San José. The post of Russian ambassador to Costa Rica is currently held by , incumbent since 18 March 2019.

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and the Soviet Union were established on 8 May 1944, when the incumbent representative to Mexico, Konstantin Umansky, was given dual accreditation to Costa Rica. Umansky's tenure was shortlived, when he and several others were killed in a plane crash on 25 January 1945 while travelling to present his credentials to the president of Costa Rica. Following this, it was not until 1970, that the two sides agreed to exchange diplomatic missions. The Russian embassy in San José was opened in 1972, and the Costa Rican embassy in Moscow in 1975. was assigned as ambassador to Costa Rica on 15 July 1971.

Representation continued through the late twentieth century. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Costa Rica recognized the Russian Federation as its successor state on 28 December 1991. The incumbent Soviet ambassador, , continued as the Russian ambassador until 1996.

List of representatives (1944–present) Soviet Union to Costa Rica (1944-1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesKonstantin UmanskyEnvoy8 July 194425 January 1945Concurrently representative to MexicoDied in postAmbassador15 July 197119 April 1975 Credentials presented on 2 February 1972 Ambassador22 April 197523 April 1979Credentials presented on 6 August 1975 Ambassador20 August 19792 September 1981Credentials presented on 22 October 1979Ambassador3 December 198222 July 1987Credentials presented on 22 December 1982 Ambassador22 July 198721 March 1991Ambassador21 March 199125 December 1991

Russian Federation to Costa Rica (1991-present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador25 December 199124 July 1996Ambassador24 July 199614 October 1999Ambassador14 October 199925 March 2004Ambassador25 March 20045 November 2008Ambassador5 November 20086 February 2013 Ambassador6 February 2013 18 March 2019Ambassador18 March 2019Credentials presented on 20 September 2019

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