Ambassador of Ireland to Russia
Julian Clare
Biography
Julian Clare was educated at University College Dublin (Philosophy and Economics) and joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1992. He served previously in Moscow, at Ireland’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, Bratislava, Ireland’s Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels, and Tel Aviv, before being appointed Ireland’s Ambassador to Korea in 2017. His most recent HQ position was as Director of Global Ireland Unit. He is married to Siobhán Tracey, and has four children.
Past Ambassadors
Ambassador Clare is the 14th Ambassador to the Russian Federation (or, before 1991, the Soviet Union) since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1973, and the Embassy opening in Moscow in 1974. His predecessors, from first to the most recent, were:
- Ned Brennan
- Padraig Murphy
- Tadhg O'Sullivan
- Charles Whelan
- Pat McCabe
- Ronan Murphy
- David Donoghue
- James Sharkey
- Justin Harman
- Philip McDonagh
- Eoin O'Leary
- Adrian McDaid
- Brian McElduff