# List of ambassadors of Russia to Uruguay

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Uruguay.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Montevideo. The ambassador to Uruguay is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the Latin American Integration Association. The post of Russian Ambassador to Uruguay is currently held by Andrey Budayev [ru], incumbent since 5 October 2020.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations at the mission level between the Soviet Union and Uruguay were first established in August 1926, although the missions were not opened until August 1933. The first representative, Aleksandr Minkin [ru], was appointed on 10 March 1934, and presented his credentials on 9 May 1934. Diplomatic relations were broken off by the government of Uruguay on 27 December 1935 and Minkin was recalled. Relations were re-established on 27 January 1943, with Sergei Orlov appointed envoy on 3 November 1943. On 30 November 1964 the mission was upgraded to the level of an embassy. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, Igor Laptev [ru], continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.

## List of representatives (1934 – present)
### Representatives of the Soviet Union to Uruguay (1934 – 1991)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
| Aleksandr Minkin [ru] | Diplomatic representative | 10 March 1934 | 27 December 1935 | Credentials presented 9 May 1934 |
| Diplomatic relations interrupted (1935 - 1943) |||||
| Sergei Orlov | Envoy | 3 November 1943 | 24 October 1944 | Credentials presented 18 March 1944 |
| Nikolai Gorelkin [ru] | Envoy | 12 November 1944 | 17 May 1952 | Credentials presented 14 February 1945 |
| Vladimir Yerofeyev | Envoy | 17 May 1952 | 27 October 1953 | |
| Sergei Mikhailov [ru] | Envoy | 24 December 1955 | 14 December 1960 | Credentials presented 26 January 1956 |
| Sergei Striganov [ru] | Envoy (before 19 December 1964) Ambassador (after 19 December 1964) | 14 December 1960 | 3 August 1965 | Credentials presented 24 March 1961 |
| Igor Kolosovsky [ru] | Ambassador | 3 August 1965 | 27 January 1970 | Credentials presented 1 October 1965 |
| Nikolai Demidov [ru] | Ambassador | 10 June 1970 | 23 June 1978 | Credentials presented 13 July 1970 |
| Yuri Lebedev [ru] | Ambassador | 23 June 1978 | 26 February 1987 | Credentials presented 6 November 1978 |
| Igor Laptev [ru] | Ambassador | 26 February 1987 | 25 December 1991 | |

### Representatives of the Russian Federation to Uruguay (1991 – present)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination |
| Igor Laptev [ru] | Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 6 April 1993 |
| Boris Golovin [ru] | Ambassador | 6 April 1993 | 13 April 1999 |
| Yevgeny Astakhov [ru] | Ambassador | 13 April 1999 | 31 July 2000 |
| Yan Burlyai [ru] | Ambassador | 31 July 2000 | 26 September 2005 |
| Sergei Koshkin [ru] | Ambassador | 26 September 2005 | 5 November 2013 |
| Aleksei Labetsky [ru] | Ambassador | 5 November 2013 | 10 January 2018 |
| Nikolai Sofinsky [ru] | Ambassador | 10 January 2018 | 5 October 2020 |
| Andrey Budayev [ru] | Ambassador | 5 October 2020 | |
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