List of ambassadors of Russia to South Korea explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea
Incumbent:Georgy Zinoviev
Insignia:MID emblem.png
Incumbentsince:7 December 2023
Department:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Seoul
Style:His Excellency
Reports To:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat:Seoul
Appointer:President of Russia
Termlength:At the pleasure of the President
Insigniacaption:Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of South Korea.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Seoul.[1] There is a consulate general in Busan.[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to South Korea is currently held by Georgy Zinoviev, incumbent 7 December 2023.[3]

History of diplomatic relations

See main article: Russia–South Korea relations. The Russian Empire established relations with the Joseon Dynasty in 1884.[4] However Korea was deprived of its right to conduct independent foreign policy by the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905, while the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the eventual successor to the Russian Empire) did not formally recognise the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile. In 1948, three years after the end of Japanese rule in Korea, the USSR recognised only one government on the Korean peninsula - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly North Korea. In September 1990, towards the end of its existence, the USSR established relations with the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea).[5]

List of heads of mission

Ministers of the Russian Empire to the Joseon Dynasty

Ministers of the Russian Empire to the Korean Empire

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea

NameAppointmentTerminationNotes
25 December 199117 February 1992[7]
Aleksandr Panov17 February 19921 November 1993[8]
1 November 199313 June 1997
13 June 199725 December 2000
Teymuraz Ramishvili25 December 20004 April 2005
Gleb Ivashentsov4 April 200517 July 2009
17 July 200926 December 2014[9]
26 December 201418 July 2018
18 July 20187 December 2023
Georgy Zinoviev7 December 2023

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). 25 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Busan, Republic of Korea. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). 25 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Ambassador. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). 25 October 2019.
  4. Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). ; excerpt, "Treaty and Diplomatic Relations Between Korea and Russia. Treaty of Amity and Commerce dated June 24, 1884"; Kim, Chun-gil. (2005).
  5. Charles E. Ziegler.
  6. Warner, Denis Ashton. (2002).
  7. Seung-Ho Joo and Tae-Hwan Kwak. (2001).
  8. Europa Publications. (2004).
  9. Kim Se-jeong. "On Victory Day, Russia thinks about future relations with Korea," Korea Times. May 5, 2010.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of ambassadors of Russia to South Korea".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.