List of ambassadors of Russia to Burkina Faso

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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso
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Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent
Igor Martynov  [ ru ]
since 3 May 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Abidjan
Style His Excellency
The Honourable
Reports to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat Ouagadougou
Appointer President of Russia
Term length At the pleasure of the President
Website Embassy of Russia in Burkina Faso

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Burkina Faso. [1] [2]

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The Russian ambassador to Burkina Faso and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Ouagadougou. [3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Burkina Faso is currently held by Igor Martynov  [ ru ], incumbent since 3 May 2024. [4]

History of diplomatic relations

The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and what was then the Republic of Upper Volta were established on 18 February 1967. The country was renamed Burkina Faso on 4 August 1984. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the incumbent Soviet ambassador continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992, when the embassy in Ouagadougou was closed. [1] [5] With the closing of the embassy, relations were carried out through the Russian embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with the ambassador to Ivory Coast dually accredited to Burkina Faso. On 28 December 2023, the Russian Embassy in Burkina Faso was reopened with Igor Martynov  [ ru ] appointed as the first ambassador solely accredited to the country since 1992. [6]

List of representatives (1967 – present)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Upper Volta (1967 – 1984)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Yakov Lazarev  [ ru ] Ambassador 9 September 196729 March 1974
Vadim Tikunov Ambassador 29 March 197428 August 1978
Arkady Kazansky  [ ru ] Ambassador 4 October 19788 August 1981
Yevgeny Melnikov  [ ru ] Ambassador 8 August 19814 August 1984

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Burkina Faso (1984 – 1991)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Yevgeny Melnikov  [ ru ] Ambassador 4 August 19849 September 1985
Feliks Bogdanov  [ ru ] Ambassador 9 September 198521 August 1987
Yevgeny Korendyasov  [ ru ] Ambassador 21 August 198725 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso (1991 – present)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Yevgeny Korendyasov  [ ru ] Ambassador 25 December 19912 November 1992
Mikhail Mayorov  [ ru ] Ambassador 2 November 199226 June 1995Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Georgy Chernovol  [ ru ] Ambassador 26 June 199529 March 2000Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Aleksandr Trofimov Ambassador 29 March 20008 June 2006Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Oleg Kovalchuk  [ ru ] Ambassador 8 June 200629 October 2010Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Viktor Rogov  [ ru ] Ambassador 11 February 201118 January 2016Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Vladimir Baykov  [ ru ] Ambassador 18 January 201614 July 2022Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Aleksei Saltykov  [ ru ] Ambassador 14 July 20223 May 2024Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Igor Martynov  [ ru ] Ambassador 3 May 2024

References

  1. 1 2 Посольство СССР в Верхней Вольте, с 4.8.1984 - Буркина-Фасо (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  2. ↑ ПОСЛЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В СТРАНАХ АФРИКАНСКОГО РЕГИОНА (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Посольство Российской Федерации в Буркина-Фасо". burkina-faso.mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Российской Федерации в Буркина-Фасо" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Российско-буркинийские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Российско-буркинийские отношения". burkina-faso.mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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