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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
سفیر روسی وفاق کے لئے اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان
	Emblem of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
	Incumbent; Danila Ganich [ru]; since 11 April 2019
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
Style	His Excellency, The Honorable
Status	Chief of Russian Diplomatic Mission to Pakistan
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
Residence	Embassy of Russia in Islamabad
Seat	Islamabad
Nominator	The President of Russia
Appointer	State Duma
Formation	22 November 1949
First holder	Ivan Bakulin [ru]
Deputy	Vladimir L. Berezyuk (Deputy Head of Mission)
Website	https://pakistan.mid.ru

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Pakistan is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Pakistan.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Islamabad.^[1] There is a consulate general in Karachi, and an honorary consul is based in Lahore.^[2]

The post of Russian Ambassador to Pakistan is currently held by Danila Ganich [ru], incumbent since 11 April 2019.^[3]

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations were established on an embassy level on 1 May 1948, when the Soviet embassy was opened in Karachi, the then capital of Pakistan. The first ambassador, Ivan Bakulin [ru], was appointed on 22 November 1949. In August 1960 the capital of Pakistan was moved to the newly founded city of Islamabad, where the embassy is now based.

List of representatives (1949 – present)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Pakistan (1949 – 1991)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination
Ivan Bakulin [ru]	Ambassador	22 November 1949	13 February 1950
Aleksandr Stetsenko [ru]	Ambassador	13 February 1950	20 January 1956
Ivan Shpedko [ru]	Ambassador	20 January 1956	15 February 1960
Mikhail Kapitsa [ru]	Ambassador	15 February 1960	23 November 1961
Aleksey Nesterenko [ru]	Ambassador	28 November 1961	6 August 1965
Mikhail Degtyar [ru]	Ambassador	6 August 1965	29 May 1971
Aleksei Rodionov	Ambassador	29 May 1971	5 December 1974
Sarvar Azimov [ru]	Ambassador	5 December 1974	11 July 1980
Vitaly Smirnov	Ambassador	11 July 1980	16 May 1985
Abdurrahman Vazirov	Ambassador	16 May 1985	12 July 1988
Victor Yakunin	Ambassador	12 July 1988	25 December 1991

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

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination
Victor Yakunin	Ambassador	25 December 1991	29 April 1993
Aleksandr Alekseyev [ru]	Ambassador	29 April 1993	18 September 1998
Andrey Gulyaev [ru]	Ambassador	18 September 1998	4 December 1999
Eduard Shevchenko	Ambassador	8 June 2000	12 July 2004
Sergey Peskov	Ambassador	12 July 2004	30 September 2008
Andrey Budnik	Ambassador	30 September 2008	14 December 2013
Alexey Dedov	Ambassador	14 December 2013	11 April 2019
Danila Ganich [ru]	Ambassador	11 April 2019

References

^ "Ambassador H.E. Danila V. Ganich". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Karachi: About the consulate general". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 24 September 2019.

External links

"Embassy of the Russian Federation to Pakistan". v. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[1] "Ambassador H.E. Danila V. Ganich". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[2] "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[3] "Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Karachi: About the consulate general". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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