The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Angola is the official representative of the
President and the
Government of the Russian Federation to the
President and the
Government of Angola.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the
Embassy of Russia
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Russia. These missions are subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Russian Federation has one of the largest networks of embassies and consulates of any country. Russia has significant ...
in
Luanda. The post of Russian Ambassador to Angola is currently held by , incumbent since 23 May 2017.
Since 1992 the ambassador to Angola has had
dual accreditation to
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations at the
mission level between the
Soviet Union and
Angola were first established in November 1975.
The first
ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
, , was appointed on 3 March 1976, and presented his credentials on 16 April 1976.
With the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, , continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1995.
List of representatives (1976 – present)
Representatives of the Soviet Union to Angola (1976 – 1991)
Representatives of the Russian Federation to Angola (1991 – present)
References
{{Foreign relations of Russia
Angola
Russia