List of ambassadors of India to Russia
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The following people have served as ambassadors of India to Russia and its predecessor state, the Soviet Union:[1]
Ambassador of India to Russia | |
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Incumbent since 2024Vinay Kumar | |
Seat | Moscow, Russia |
Inaugural holder | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
Formation | 1947 |
Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union
editName | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 1947 | 1949 | First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) | |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1949 | 1952 | 2nd President of India (1962–1967) | |
Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon | 1952 | 1961 | ||
Subimal Dutt | 1961 | 1962 | ||
T. N. Kaul | 1962 | 1966 | ||
Kewal Singh | 1966 | 1968 | ||
Durga Prasad Dhar | 1969 | 1971 | ||
K. S. Shelvankar | 1971 | 1975 | ||
Durga Prasad Dhar | 1975 | 1975 | ||
Inder Kumar Gujral | 1976 | 1980 | 12th Prime Minister of India (1997–1998) | |
V. K. Ahuja | 1980 | 1983 | ||
Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 1983 | 1986 | Governor of several Indian states | |
T. N. Kaul | 1986 | 1989 | ||
A. S. Gonsalves | 1989 | 1992 |
Ambassador of India to Russia
editName | Image | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
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Ronen Sen | 1992 | 1998 | Later High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom and Ambassador of India to the United States. | |
Satinder Kumar Lambah | 1998 | 2001 | ||
K. Raghunath | 2001 | 2004 | ||
Kanwal Sibal | 2004 | 2007 | 24th Foreign Secretary of India (2001-02) | |
Prabhat Prakash Shukla | 2007 | 2011 | ||
Ajai Malhotra | 2011 | 2013 | ||
P. S. Raghavan | 2014 | 2016 | ||
Pankaj Saran | 2016 | 2018 | Deputy National Security Advisor (2018-2022) | |
D. Bala Venkatesh Varma | 2018 | 2021 | ||
Pavan Kapoor | 2021 | 2024 | Deputy National Security Advisor (2024-Incumbent) | |
Vinay Kumar | 2024 | Incumbent |
See also
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edit- ^ "Indian Ambassadors to Russia". Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2014-08-13.