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Sergey Lavrov
Russian diplomat (born 1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov[lower-alpha 1] (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004. He is the longest-serving foreign minister since the Tsarist era.[1]
Quick Facts Minister of Foreign Affairs, President ...
Sergey Lavrov | |
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Сергей Лавров | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 9 March 2004 | |
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Prime Minister |
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Preceded by | Igor Ivanov |
Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations | |
In office 22 September 1994 – 12 July 2004 | |
Nominated by | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Yuli Vorontsov |
Succeeded by | Andrey Denisov |
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Born | Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-03-21) 21 March 1950 (age 74) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | United Russia |
Spouse |
Maria Lavrova (m. 1971) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Awards | Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation; Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" |
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Lavrov served as the permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations from 1994 to 2004.