By Presidential Decrees No. 748 and No. 749 of September 06, 2024, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho concurrently.
Ambarov R.E., born in 1968.
Higher education: Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1990. Speaks English and Polish. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, awarded on October 1, 2024.
He has been in the diplomatic service since 1990. He worked in various positions in the central office of the Ministry and abroad. In 2008-2012 — Counselor-Envoy of the Russian Embassy in Malaysia, in 2012-2015 — Deputy Director of the Special Communications Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in 2015-2019 — Consul General of Russia in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2019-2020 — Deputy Director of the Personnel Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Since 2020 — Deputy Director, Director of the Security Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
