List of ambassadors of Russia to Iraq
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq | |
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سفير الاتحاد الروسي لدى جمهورية العراق | |
Incumbent since 8 April 2021 | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Baghdad | |
Style | His Excellency The Honorable |
Reports to | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Residence | The Embassy |
Seat | Baghdad, Iraq |
Appointer | The President |
Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
Formation | 29 November 1944 |
First holder | |
Website | Embassy of Russia- Baghdad |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the Prime Minister and the Government of Iraq.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Baghdad.[1] There is a Russian consulate-general in Erbil.[2] The current ambassador is , incumbent since 8 April 2021.[3]
Background[]
The historic relations between Russia and Iraq began when the latter was part of the Ottoman Empire. The Russian imperial government still showed wide interest in the region. Since the 19th century, a Russian consulate was functioning in Baghdad, due to the Shia Muslims' pilgrimage to the holy cities of Baghdad, Karbala and Najaf. After the Russian Empire annexed the North Caucasus and Central Asia this further increased due to the large Shia populations native to those regions. According to the Russian consul in Baghdad on 19 November 1890, 19,500 pilgrims from the North Caucasus and Central Asia visited the holy shrines in Iraq.[4] However, after the end of the Ottoman rule in the region, the diplomatic mission was ended.
Soviet Union re-established diplomatic ties with newly independent Iraq on 9 September 1944. In 1955, relations were disrupted by the Iraqi side. In July 1958, both countries resumed diplomatic relations.
Timeline of the diplomatic relations[]
- 25 August - 9 September 1944 - diplomatic relations were established at the mission level.
- 3 January - 8 January 1955 - diplomatic relations were interrupted by the Iraqi government.
- 18 July 1958 - an agreement was reached on the resumption of diplomatic relations at the embassy level.
List of representatives (1944 – present)[]
Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Iraq (1944 - 1958)[]
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Envoy | 29 November 1944 | 20 January 1949 | ||
Chargé d'affaires | 1952 | 8 January 1955 | ||
Diplomatic relations interrupted (1955 - 1958) |
Representatives of the Soviet Union to the First Iraqi Republic (1958 - 1968)[]
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Ambassador | 31 July 1958 | 15 October 1961 | ||
Ambassador | 15 October 1961 | 7 August 1965 | ||
Ambassador | 7 August 1965 | 1968 |
Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Second Iraqi Republic (1968 - 1991)[]
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Ambassador | 1968 | 17 December 1969 | ||
Ambassador | 20 February 1970 | 29 December 1973 | ||
Ambassador | 29 December 1973 | 17 March 1982 | ||
Ambassador | 17 March 1982 | 19 December 1989 | ||
Ambassador | 13 March 1990 | 25 December 1991 |
Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Second Iraqi Republic (1991 - 2003)[]
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Ambassador | 13 March 1990 | 22 April 1992 | ||
Ambassador | 22 August 1994 | 6 August 1999 | ||
Ambassador | 9 August 1999 | 29 March 2002 | ||
Vladimir Titorenko | Ambassador | 29 March 2002 | 16 May 2003 |
Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Coalition Provisional Authority (2003 - 2004)[]
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Vladimir Titorenko | Ambassador | 16 May 2003 | 8 December 2003 | |
Chargé d'affaires | 8 December 2003 | 28 June 2004 |
Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq (2004 - present)[]
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Chargé d'affaires | 28 June 2004 | 3 March 2005 | ||
Ambassador | 3 March 2005 | 16 October 2008 | ||
Ambassador | 16 October 2008 | 2 March 2012 | ||
Ambassador | 2 March 2012 | 3 October 2016 | ||
Ambassador | 3 October 2016 | 8 April 2021 | ||
Ambassador | 8 April 2021 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Embassy of Russia in the Republic of Iraq".
- ^ "Consulate of Russia in Erbil, Iraq".
- ^ "The Ambassador, Russian embassy in Iraq".
- ^ Litvinov VP State regulation of pilgrimage of Shiite Muslims of Turkestan (late XIX - early XX centuries) // Bulletin of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. - 2014. - T. 14. - No. 3. - S. 38 - 39.
External links[]
- Lists of ambassadors of Russia
- Ambassadors of Russia to Iraq
- Lists of ambassadors to Iraq