Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Серге́й Ви́кторович Лавро́в, pronounced [sʲɪrˈgʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐvˈrof]; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004.[1] From 1994 to 2004, Lavrov was a Soviet diplomat, and the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations.
Sergey Lavrov | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 9 March 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Mikhail Mishustin |
Preceded by | Igor Ivanov |
Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations | |
In office 22 September 1994 – 12 July 2004 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Yuli Vorontsov |
Succeeded by | Andrey Denisov |
Personal details | |
Born | Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) | 21 March 1950
Political party | United Russia |
Spouse(s) | Maria Lavrova |
Children | Ekaterina |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" |
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Sergey Lavrov Media
Lavrov Meets with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House, 7 March 2006
Lavrov Meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House, 7 May 2009
Lavrov with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko in Kyiv, 10 April 2010
Lavrov with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Munich, Germany, on 5 February 2011
Lavrov in Maribor, Slovenia, during the opening ceremony for a museum commemorating the Soviet soldiers who died in Nazi captivity, 8 July 2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Lavrov before a bilateral meeting in Moscow, on 24 March 2016
Putin, Lavrov and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2016 SCO Summit
Lavrov meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, 10 May 2017
Putin, Lavrov, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the World Holocaust Forum, 23 January 2020
References
- ↑ "Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2013.