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Sergey Lavrov
b. 1950
Russian politician of Armenian origin, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Born
- 21 Mar 1950 · Moscow
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 21 Mar 1950BornBorn in Moscow
- 1992 – 1994RoleDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
- 1994 – 2004RolePermanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
- 1996AwardOrder of Honour
- 1998AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- 2004RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
- 2004AwardHonored Worker of the Diplomatic Service of the Russian Federation
- 2005AwardDostyk Order of grade II
- 2005AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- 2006AwardOrder of the Friendship of Peoples
- 2007AwardOrder of the "Commonwealth"
- 2007AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
- 2007AwardOrder of the Sun of Peru
- 2008RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
- 2009AwardFriendship Order
- 2010AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- 2010AwardOrder of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd class
- 2012RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
- 2018RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
- 2020RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
- 2024RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1950 – today).
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
Biography
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐˈvrof]; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004. He is the country's longest-serving foreign minister since the Tsarist era.
After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 1972, Lavrov began his diplomatic career in Sri Lanka and speaks fluent Sinhala, Dhivehi, English, and French, in addition to his native Russian. From 1981 to 1988 he held several posts in the Soviet Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City. Starting in the late 1980s he was deputy director and then director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of International Organizations before becoming a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1992. He served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1994 to 2004, where he gained a reputation for assertively defending Russian interests during crises, including the Kosovo War and the Iraq invasion. Throughout his tenure, Lavrov has remained a central figure in shaping Russia's foreign policy under President Vladimir Putin.
Text from the Wikipedia article Sergey Lavrov, CC BY-SA 4.0
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