List of ambassadors of Russia to Romania explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the Russian Federation to Romania
Insignia:MID emblem.png
Incumbentsince:7 June 2016
Department:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Bucharest
Style:His Excellency
The Honourable
Reports To:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat:Bucharest
Appointer:President of Russia
Termlength:At the pleasure of the President
Website:Embassy of Russia in Romania
Insigniacaption:Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry

The Ambassador of Russia to Romania is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Romania.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Bucharest.[1] There is a consulate general in Constanța. The current Russian ambassador to Romania is, incumbent since 7 June 2016.[2]

History of diplomatic relations

See main article: Romania-Russia relations. Diplomatic relations between the regions that now constitute Romania and the Russian Federation date back to the medieval period. The Tsardom of Russia offered support for the Danubian Principalities during their struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire. Moldavian ruler Stephen the Great concluded a military-political alliance with Russia in the fifteenth century, sealed by the marriage of his daughter Elena to Ivan the Young, the son and heir of Ivan III. Wallachian ruler Michael the Brave also advocated an alliance with Russia towards the end of the sixteenth century.[3] Relations continued to be strengthed after the establishment of the Russian Empire, with the 1711 Treaty of Lutsk between Peter the Great and Moldovan leader Dimitrie Cantemir; and the establishment of permanent diplomatic relations between Wallachia and Russia during the 1688-1714 reign of Constantin Brâncoveanu.[3]

In the nineteenth century, following the 1828-1829 Russo-Turkish War, Russia established a protectorate over the Danube principalities, with Count Pavel Kiselyov serving as plenipotentiary representative of the councils of Moldova and Wallachia between 1829 and 1834. Kiselyov oversaw various reforms to public administration, and the adoption of the Regulamentul Organic.[3] Following the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, which included the Romanian War of Independence and the defeat and expulsion of the Ottoman Empire, Russia recognised Romanian independence, and on 15 October 1878, Baron presented his credentials to the Romanian prince, and later king, Carol I.[3] 15 October 1878 is now considered the official date for the establishment of Russian-Romanian diplomatic relations.[3]

Diplomatic relations continued into the twentieth century, interrupted by the October Revolution in 1917. The Soviet Union and Romania maintained a bilateral dialogue, with Maxim Litvinov of the Soviet Union and Nicolae Titulescu of Romania co-operating on the signing of the 1933 London Convention on the Definition of Aggression.[3] This was followed with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on 9 June 1934.[3] [4] Relations were once more suspended on 22 June 1941 after the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, and remained so during most of the Second World War.[4] They were re-established on 6 August 1945, after the defeat of the Axis powers, and between 20 and 24 August the mission was upgraded to the level of an embassy.[3] [5] During the Cold War Romania was a member of the Warsaw Pact, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the Russian Federation emerged as the Soviet Union's legal successor. The incumbent ambassador of the Soviet Union to Romania,, continued as representative of Russia until 1992.[5]

List of representatives (1878 - present)

Representatives of the Russian Empire to Romania (1878-1917)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Baron Minister resident15 October 187831 January 1879
Aleksandr YakobsonHead of mission20 February 18793 January 1881
Envoy2 December 18803 June 1886
Envoy3 June 18869 April 1891
Nikolai FontonEnvoy9 April 189123 August 1902
Mikhail von GiersEnvoy19021912
Envoy19121913
Envoy19131916
Envoy19163 March 1917

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Romania (1934-1991)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Diplomatic representative3 November 19346 February 1938
Anatoly LavrentievDiplomatic representative (before 9 May 1941)
Envoy (after 9 May 1941)
14 June 194022 June 1941
Second World War – Diplomatic relations interrupted (1941–1945)
Sergey KavtaradzeEnvoy (before August 1945)
Ambassador (after August 1945)
15 August 19457 July 1952
Anatoly LavrentievAmbassador7 July 195217 July 1953
Leonid MelnikovAmbassador28 July 19537 April 1955
Alexei YepishevAmbassador14 August 195527 November 1960
Ambassador27 November 196015 December 1965
Ambassador15 December 196516 March 1971
Ambassador16 March 197130 November 1982
Ambassador27 December 19827 June 1990
AmbassadorJune 199025 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Romania (1991-present)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Ambassador25 December 199131 December 1992
Ambassador31 December 19929 October 1997
Ambassador9 October 199721 January 2002
Ambassador21 January 200228 June 2006
Aleksandr ChurilinAmbassador28 June 200615 December 2011
Ambassador15 December 20117 June 2016
Ambassador7 June 2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Посольство Российской Федерации в Румынии. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Russian. 9 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Посол. Russian. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). 9 April 2021.
  3. Web site: История. Russian. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). 16 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Полномочное представительство - Миссия СССР в Румынии. Russian. Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. 16 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Миссия - Посольство СССР в Румынии. Russian. Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. 16 April 2021.