Russian Ambassador to New Zealand

The Russian Ambassador has his residence in Wellington he is also accredited to the governments in Nukuʻalofa (Tonga) and Apia (Samoa).

History

On 13 April 1944, diplomatic relations were established at the mission level.

List of heads of mission

designated acreditated ambassador Russian language ru:Список послов СССР и России в Новой Зеландии lifetime Observations Prime Minister of Russia Prime Minister of New Zealand Term end
22 June 1945 26 June 1945 Ivan Kornilovich Zyabkin Иван Корнилович Зябкин (born 1902) envoy Joseph Stalin Peter Fraser (New Zealand politician) 19 April 1948
4 March 1949 5 July 1949 pl:Aleksandr Aleksandrow (dyplomata) ru:Александров, Александр Михайлович (1907) (1907–1983) envoy
  • From 1939 to 1940 he was Head of the Central European Division of the People's Commissariat of the USSR.
  • From 1940 to 1942 he was Advisor to the Soviet mission in Sofia Bulgaria.
  • From 1942 to 1944 he was Advisor to the Soviet mission in Australia.
  • From 1944 to 1946 he was Head of the Political Department of the People's Commissariat of the RSFSR.
  • From 1946 to 1949 he was Head of the Department IV Europe
  • From 4 March 1949 to 10 September 1953 he was ambassaador in Wellington (New Zealand).
  • From 1953 to 1958 he was Deputy Head of the Consular Department in the Foreign Ministry.
  • From 18 September 1958 to 27 December 1963 he was ambassador in Iceland.
  • From 1964 to 1966 he was employed in Moscow.
  • From 26 November 1966 to 17 September 1970 he was ambassador in Sierra Leone.
  • In 1971 he was retired.
 Joseph Stalin Sidney Holland 10 September 1953
10 September 1953 27 November 1953 pl:Nikołaj Gienierałow ru:Генералов, Николай Иванович (1905–1990) envoy with residence in Canberra, concurrently accreditated
  • He was a Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • From 1936 to 1937 he was member of the central apparatus of the People's Commissariat of the USSR.
  • From 1937 to 1941 he was employed in Tokio (Japan).
  • From 1941 to 1943 he was employed in the Red Army.
  • From 1943 to 1945 he was member of the central apparatus of the People's Commissariat of the USSR.
  • From 1945 to 1947 he was Head of the Far Eastern Department of the People's Commissariat II (from 1946 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of the USSR.
  • From 1947 to 1949 he was political advisor to the members of the Federal Council for Japan.
  • From 1950 to 1951 he was member of the central apparatus of the People's Commissariat of the USSR.
  • From 1951 to 1953 he was Deputy Head of the Far Eastern Division II the Soviet Foreign Ministry.
  • From July 16, 1953 to 23 April 1954 he was Ambassador in Australia.
  • From September 10, 1953-15 December 1955 he was concurrently acreditated as envoy in Wellinton.
  • From December 15, 1955-18 October 1959 he was ambassador in Tripoli (Libya).
  • In 1959 he was retired."
 Georgy Malenkov Sidney Holland 15 December 1955
1956 Georgy Rodionov Георгий Михайлович Родионов (1915–1960) Chargé d'affaires Nikolai Bulganin Sidney Holland 1960
1960 Nikolai Vasilevitch Ivanov Николай Васильевич Иванов (born 1905) Chargé d'affaires Nikita Khrushchev Keith Holyoake 1965
5 March 1965 14 March 1965 Boris Yakovlevich Dorofeev Борис Яковлевич Дорофеев envoy Leonid Brezhnev Keith Holyoake 21 August 1969
21 August 1969 17 October 1969 Anatoliy Ivantsov ru:Иванцов, Анатолий Иванович (born 1922) envoy starting 12 June 1973 he was ambassador Leonid Brezhnev Keith Holyoake 31 August 1974
31 August 1974 25 October 1974 Oleg Pavlovich Selyaninov Олег Павлович Селянинов (1915–2010) Ambassador Leonid Brezhnev Bill Rowling 21 January 1979
27 January 1979 pl:Wsiewołod Sofinski ru:Софинский, Всеволод Николаевич (1924–2008) Ambassador
  • He was a Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Was commended in the Great Patriotic War.
  • In 1951 he graduated from the 1st Leningrad Artillery School, MGIMO.
  • In 1957 he graduated from the Academy of Social Sciences under the CPSU Central Committee.
  • In 1963 he entered the diplomatic service.
  • From 1963 to 1969 he was Advisor in London.
  • From 1969 to 1971 he was Deputy Head of the Department for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries in Moscow.
  • From 1971 to 1973 he was Head of the Department for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries in Moscow.
  • From 1973 to 1978 he was Head of the Press Department of the USSR Foreign Ministry.
  • From 27 January 1979 to 28 March 1984 he was ambassador in Wellinton New Zealand and concurrently accreditated to the Kingdom of Tonga.
  • From 3 March 1979 to 28 March 1984 he was concurrently acreditated as ambassador in Western Samoa.
  • In February 1984, the government of Robert Muldoon declared him persona non grata because he was watched passing fundings to the Socialist Unity Party of New Zealand.
  • From 1984 to 1988 he was Chief Counsel and Deputy Chief of the Office for cultural relations with foreign countries and Human Rights Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
  • From 19 May 1988 to 15 February 1991 he was ambassador in Burundi.
 Leonid Brezhnev Robert Muldoon 28 March 1984
23 May 1984 pl:Władimir Bykow ru:Быков, Владимир Леонидович (1932–2013) Ambassador
  • In 1957 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute and studied Historical Sciences and entered the foreign service.
  • From 1957 to 1972 he was employed in Warsaw (Poland), the USSR Consulate General in San Francisco and Moscow.
  • From 1972 to 1974 he was First Secretary of the Embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • From 1974 to 1976 he was Deputy Permanent Representative of the USSR to UNESCO in Paris.
  • From 1976 to 1978 he was employed in Moscow.
  • From 1978 to 1984 he was Minister-Counsellor in London.
  • From 23 May 1984 to 22 June 1987 he was ambassador in Wellington New Zealand and concurrently accredited in as ambassador in Tonga and Western Samoa.
 Konstantin Chernenko David Lange 22 June 1987
22 June 1987 Yuri Mikhailovich Sokolov Юрий Михайлович Соколов (born 22 November 1932) Ambassador (born November 22, 1932 in Simferopol, Crimea)
  • Was the son of Michail and Valentina (Nikolaeva) Sokolov.
  • From 1956-1959 he was employed in Vienna.
  • From 1960-1964 he was employed in Consulate General in Gdansk, Poland.
  • From 1966-1970 he was employed in Warsaw.
  • From 1977-1981 he was counsellor in London.
  • From 1987-1994 he was Ambassador in Wellington.
  • From 1981-1986 he was Deputy general secretary Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Ministry Foreign Affairs.
 Andrei Gromyko David Lange 18 March 1992
18 March 1992 Alexander Losyukov ru:Лосюков, Александр Прохорович (born 1943) Ambassador Boris Yeltsin Jim Bolger 11 November 1993
22 May 1995 Sergey Vladimirovich Belyaev ru:Беляев, Сергей Владимирович (born 1953) Ambassador
  • He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
  • From May 22, 1995 to 15 December 1999 he was ambassador in Wellinton y concurrently accreditated in as ambassador in Tonga and Samoa.
  • Since 2011 he is Senior Advisor to the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan.
  • Has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Class 1.
  • He is married and has one daughter.
 Boris Yeltsin Jim Bolger 15 December 1999
15 December 1999 Gennady Ivanovich Shabannikov ru:Шабанников, Геннадий Иванович (1939–2006) Ambassador
  • In 1967 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
  • In 1978 he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
  • In 1993 he graduated from Higher Courses for management training in the field of defence and security of Russia
  • In 1999 he graduated from Faculty training Russian MFA Diplomatic Academy.
  • In 1967 he entered the foreign service.
  • He spoke English and Czech languages.
  • From 1991 to 1993 he was representative of the USSR, Russia in the Joint Commission Compliance and Inspection on the implementation of the START I.
  • From 1993 to 1997 he was Chief Advisor for Security Affairs and Disarmament of the MFA of Russia.
  • From 1997 to 1999 he was Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Yugoslavia.
  • In 1999 he was Chief Adviser of the Second Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
  • From 15 December 1999 to 28 July 2004 he was ambassador in Wellington New Zealand and concurrently accredited in as ambassador in Tonga and Samoa.
  • In 2004 he was retired.
 Boris Yeltsin Helen Clark
28 July 2004 Mikhail Nikolaevich Lysenko ru:Лысенко, Михаил Николаевич (born 1955) Ambassador Vladimir Putin Helen Clark
11 September 2008 Andrey Tatarinov ru:Татаринов, Андрей Алексеевич (born 1951) Ambassador Dmitry Medvedev John Key
4 October 2012 Valery Tereshchenko ru:Терещенко, Валерий Яковлевич (born 1952) Ambassador Dmitry Medvedev John Key

Coordinates: 41°17′14″S 174°45′02″E / 41.287182°S 174.750548°E / -41.287182; 174.750548 [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in New Zealand". Newzealand.mid.ru. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
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