List of ambassadors of Russia to Burundi

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Burundi
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Valery Mikhailov  [ ru ] since 17 July 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Bujumbura
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Bujumbura
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Website	Embassy of Russia in Burundi

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Burundi is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Burundi. ^{[1] [2]}

The Russian ambassador to Burundi and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Bujumbura. ^[3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Burundi is currently held by Valery Mikhailov  [ ru ], incumbent since 17 July 2019.

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Burundi were established on 1 October 1962. The Soviet Union was initially represented through its embassy in Léopoldville, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo holding dual accreditation to Burundi. ^[1] The embassy in Bujumbura opened in 1964 with Ivan Marchuk  [ ru ] appointed ambassador later that year. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the incumbent Soviet ambassador continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1995. ^[1]

List of representatives (1963 – present)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Burundi (1963 – 1991)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Sergey Nemchina  [ ru ]	Ambassador	8 March 1963	19 June 1964	Concurrently ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ivan Marchuk  [ ru ]	Ambassador	10 July 1964	1 July 1967
Mikhail Kryukov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	1 July 1967	25 December 1970
Aleksei Naumov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	25 December 1970	10 July 1974
Dmitri Pozhidaev	Ambassador	10 July 1974	28 January 1980
Valeriy Levikov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	29 January 1980	28 April 1986
Valery Tsybukov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	28 April 1986	19 May 1988
Vsevolod Sofinsky  [ ru ]	Ambassador	19 May 1988	15 February 1991
Artur Vesyolov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	15 February 1991	25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Burundi (1991 – present)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Artur Vesyolov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	25 December 1991	22 May 1995
Igor Lyakin-Frolov	Ambassador	22 May 1995	24 August 1999
Gennady Gumenyuk  [ ru ]	Ambassador	24 August 1999	4 March 2005
Vladimir Timofeyev  [ ru ]	Ambassador	4 March 2005	15 February 2011
Vladimir Malyshev  [ ru ]	Ambassador	15 February 2011	1 December 2014
Georgy Todua  [ ru ]	Ambassador	1 December 2014	17 July 2019
Valery Mikhailov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	17 July 2019

References

1. Посольство СССР в Бурунди (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. 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 Бурунди". burundi.mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 October 2019.