Igor Morgulov

Igor Vladimirovich Morgulov (; born May 4, 1961) is a Russian diplomat, who was appointed Russian Ambassador to China in September 2022.

Diplomatic career In 1983, he graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University. From 1984, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR, including the trade representation of the Soviet Union in China.

On September 13, 2022, President of Russia Vladimir Putin appointed Morgulov as the Russian Ambassador to China, succeeding Andrei Denisov. On October 31, he presented his credentials to the Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Ministry of China Hong Lei. In an April 2022 interview, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Morgulov stated that the "friendship between Moscow and Beijing was based on overlapping basic interests and that it would not be affected by changes in the external environment."

Personal life He is married and has two children, and is fluent in English and Chinese.