List of ambassadors of Russia to Vanuatu

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Vanuatu
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Aleksey Pavlovsky  [ ru ] since 17 September 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Canberra
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Canberra
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
First holder	Yevgeny Samoteykin
Website	Embassy of Russia in Australia

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

The Russian ambassador to Vanuatu is a non-resident ambassador, who holds the post of ambassador to Australia, where he and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Canberra. ^[3] The ambassador holds dual accreditation to Australia, Fiji, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

The post of Russian Ambassador to Vanuatu is currently held by Aleksey Pavlovsky  [ ru ], incumbent since 17 September 2019. ^[4]

History of diplomatic relations

Main articles: Russia–Vanuatu relations and Soviet Union–Vanuatu relations

The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Vanuatu took place on 30 June 1986. ^[1] The incumbent Soviet ambassador to Australia, Yevgeny Samoteykin, was appointed to serve concurrently as ambassador to Vanuatu on 3 September 1986. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the incumbent ambassador, Vyacheslav Dolgov, continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993. ^[1]

List of representatives (1986 – 1991)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Vanuatu (1986 – 1991)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Yevgeny Samoteykin	Ambassador	3 September 1986	28 August 1990
Vyacheslav Dolgov	Ambassador	28 August 1990	25 December 1991

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

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Vyacheslav Dolgov	Ambassador	25 December 1991	11 November 1993
Alexander Losyukov	Ambassador	11 November 1993	6 September 1997
Rashit Khamidulin	Ambassador	31 August 1998	20 July 2001
Leonid Moiseyev	Ambassador	20 July 2001	10 November 2005
Alexander Blokhin	Ambassador	10 November 2005	29 June 2010
Vladimir Morozov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	29 June 2010	28 July 2016
Grigory Logvinov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	29 June 2017	3 April 2019
Aleksey Pavlovsky  [ ru ]	Ambassador	17 September 2019

References

1. Вануату (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. 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. "Embassy of the Russian Federation in Australia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
4. "The Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 4 October 2019.