| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Cambodia |
| Native Name: | Central Khmer: ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតនៃសហព័ន្ធរុស្ស៊ីប្រចាំនៅព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា Russian: Посол Российской Федерации в Королевстве Камбоджа |
| Incumbentsince: | 4 May 2020 |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Appointer: | The President |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Phnom Penh |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Website: | Embassy of Russia in Phnom Penh |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Cambodia is the official representative of the President and the Government of Russia to the King and the Government of Cambodia.[1]
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Phnom Penh.[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to Cambodia is currently held by, incumbent since 4 May 2020.[3]
See main article: Cambodia–Russia relations. Until 1953 Cambodia was under the French rule, gaining independence from France on 9 November 1953. The Soviet Union and Cambodia established diplomatic relations on 13 May 1956. In October 1956 the Soviet Union appointed as its first representative to Cambodia. Anikin served until 1959.
In 1970 the Soviet Union recalled all its diplomats, including the ambassador, from Cambodia and diplomatic relations between the two countries were interrupted. They resumed in April 1979.
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Leader of the Soviet Union/President of Russia | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 2 October 1956 | 6 May 1959 | Nikita Khrushchev | ||
| Ambassador | 6 May 1959 | 2 February 1962 | Nikita Khrushchev | ||
| Ambassador | 2 February 1962 | 26 April 1965 | Nikita Khrushchev----Leonid Brezhnev | ||
| Ambassador | 26 April 1965 | 14 November 1967 | Leonid Brezhnev | ||
| Sergei Kudryavtsev | Ambassador | 14 November 1967 | 15 July 1971 | Leonid Brezhnev | |
| Diplomatic relations interrupted (1971 - 1979) | |||||
| Ambassador | 14 May 1979 | 28 January 1985 | Leonid Brezhnev----Yuri Andropov----Konstantin Chernenko | ||
| Ambassador | 28 January 1985 | 21 April 1988 | Mikhail Gorbachev | ||
| Rashit Khamidulin | Ambassador | 21 April 1988 | 8 August 1990 | Mikhail Gorbachev | |
| Ambassador | 8 August 1990 | 25 December 1991 | Mikhail Gorbachev----Boris Yeltsin | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Leader of the Soviet Union/President of Russia | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 23 August 1994 | Boris Yeltsin | ||
| Vadim Serafimov | Ambassador | 23 August 1994 | 12 April 1999 | Boris Yeltsin | |
| Ambassador | 12 April 1999 | 29 July 2004 | Boris Yeltsin----Vladimir Putin | ||
| Valery Tereshchenko | Ambassador | 29 July 2004 | 25 May 2009 | Vladimir Putin----Dmitry Medvedev | |
| Ambassador | 25 May 2009 | 7 November 2013 | Dmitry Medvedev----Vladimir Putin | ||
| Ambassador | 7 November 2013 | 4 May 2020 | Vladimir Putin | ||
| Ambassador | 4 May 2020 | Vladimir Putin | |||