Post: | Ambassador |
Body: | the Russian Federation to Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
Incumbentsince: | 6 November 2020 |
Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Sarajevo |
Style: | His Excellency |
Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Seat: | Sarajevo |
Appointer: | President of Russia |
Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
Website: | Embassy of Russia in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Bosnia and Herzegovina is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the Presidency and the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Sarajevo.[1] The post of Russian ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently held by, incumbent since 6 November 2020.[2]
See main article: Bosnia and Herzegovina–Russia relations. With the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, the Russian Federation recognized the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 27 April 1992, with diplomatic relations established on 26 December 1996. The first Russian ambassador was .[3]
Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ambassador | December 1996 | January 1998 | ||
Filipp Sidorsky | Ambassador | 25 January 1998 | 25 December 2000 | |
Ambassador | 25 December 2000 | 30 March 2005 | ||
Ambassador | 30 March 2005 | 1 September 2009 | ||
Ambassador | 1 September 2009 | 6 August 2014 | ||
Ambassador | 6 August 2014 | 6 November 2020 | ||
Ambassador | 6 November 2020 | |||