List of South African ambassadors to Russia
The embassy is in Moscow .
The ambassador in Moscow is also regularly accredited in Minsk .
history
On February 1, 1956, the South African government expelled the Soviet consul general in Pretoria Alexei Chripunov, as well as the Soviet consul in Cape Town Dozhdalev.
The South African Interests Office was located in a wing of the building of the embassy of the protecting power Austria . Consular relations were established in September 1991. In February 1992 the Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Vladimirovich Kosyrew made his first state visit to Pretoria and the respective interest groups were upgraded to embassies.
| Appointed | ambassador | Remarks | President of South Africa | Government of Russia | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 1920 | David Ivon Jones | (* 1883 in Aberystwyth ; † April 13, 1924) | Jan Christiaan Smuts | Alexei Ivanovich Rykov | Apr 13, 1924 |
| Feb 1992 | Gerrit Olivier | From 1991 as representative of South Africa in Russia, accredited as ambassador in 1992 | Frederik Willem de Klerk | Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin | 1996 |
| 2001 | Mochubela Jacob Seekoe | Accredited December 6, 2001 in Minsk. | Thabo Mbeki | Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin | Nov 8, 2005 |
| Nov 8, 2005 | Bheki Winston Joshua Langa |
Bheki Winston Joshua Langa (* 1953 in Durban ), September 10, 1975: imprisoned, accredited to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin , also accredited in Astana and Minsk.
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2010 | ||
| Oct 2010 | Mandisi Bongani Mabuchi Mpahlua | Jacob Zuma | Dmitri Anatolyevich Medvedev |
Individual evidence
- ↑ David I von Jones
- ↑ Bheki Winston Joshua Langa
- ↑ Mandisi Bongani Mabuchi Mpahlua ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SA abroad ( Memento from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
