| Post: | Ambassador |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Formation: | 29 November 1944 |
| Seat: | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Residence: | The Embassy |
| Appointer: | The President |
| Style: | His Excellency The Honorable |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Baghdad |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Incumbentsince: | 8 April 2021 |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Native Name: | سفير الاتحاد الروسي لدى جمهورية العراق |
| 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]
See also: Iraq–Russia relations. 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.
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy | 29 November 1944 | 20 January 1949 | ||
| Chargé d'affaires | 1952 | 8 January 1955 | ||
| Diplomatic relations interrupted (1955 - 1958) | ||||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 31 July 1958 | 15 October 1961 | ||
| Ambassador | 15 October 1961 | 7 August 1965 | ||
| Ambassador | 7 August 1965 | 1968 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Titorenko | Ambassador | 16 May 2003 | 8 December 2003 | |
| Chargé d'affaires | 8 December 2003 | 28 June 2004 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||