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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Belgium
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Aleksandr Tokovinin [ru] since 16 June 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Brussels
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Brussels
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Formation	1853
First holder	Mikhail Khreptovich [ru]
Website	Embassy of Russia in Belgium

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

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Brussels. There is a consulate general in Antwerp. The post of Russian Ambassador to Belgium is currently held by Aleksandr Tokovinin [ru], incumbent since 16 June 2016.

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between the Russian Empire and Belgium were first established in 1853, with the first envoy to Belgium, Mikhail Khreptovich [ru], appointed on 11 April 1853. The last imperial envoy, Dmitry Nelidov [ru], continued to represent Russia as an agent of the Russian Provisional Government after the February Revolution in 1917, but ceased to be recognised by the new Soviet government after the October Revolution later that year. Diplomatic relations were established between the Soviet Union and Belgium in 1935, and a new representative, Yevgeny Rubinin [ru] was appointed on 2 November that year. His tenure came to an end with the German invasion and subsequent occupation of Belgium in 1940. Relations were restored once more in 1941 after the Soviet Union entered the war on the side of the allies, with Aleksandr Bogomolov [ru] appointed envoy to the Belgian government in exile in London. By early 1943 the mission had been upgraded to an embassy. Relations continued after the war, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the incumbent Soviet ambassador, Nikolai Afanasevsky [ru], continued as the representative of the Russian Federation until 1994.

List of representatives (1853 – present)

Representatives of the Russian Empire to Belgium (1853 – 1917)

Representatives of the Russian Provisional Government to Belgium (1917)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Belgium (1935 – 1991)

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

References

1. "Посольство Российской Федерации в Королевстве Бельгия" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
2. "Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Antwerp". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
3. "Посол" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
4. Главы Российских Дипломатических Представительств В Бельгии (in Russian). Embassy of Russia in Brussels. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
5. Послы СССР и России в Европе (in Russian). Pseudology.org. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
6. Представители Российской Империи В Других Странах (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
7. Послы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик В Странах Европы (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
8. Послы Российской Федерации В Странах Европы (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

External links

• (in Russian, Dutch, and French) Embassy of Russia to Belgium
• (in Russian, Dutch, and French) Embassy of Belgium to Russia

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