Andrey Denisov

Andrey Ivanovich Denisov (Russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Дени́сов; born October 3, 1952) is a Russian diplomat, since April 22, 2013 he is the Russian Ambassador to China. He is fluent in Chinese, as well as English, apart from his native language.

This article is about the Russian politician. For the Israeli Olympic weightlifter, see Andrei Denisov (weightlifter).
Andrey Denisov
Андре́й Ива́нович Дени́сов
Russian Ambassador to China
Assumed office
April 22, 2013
PresidentVladimir Putin
Prime MinisterDmitriy Medvedev
Preceded byIgor Morgoulov
Personal details
Born
Andrey Ivanovich Denisov

(1952-10-03) 3 October 1952
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
ResidenceBeijing, China
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
OccupationDiplomat
ProfessionPolitics

Career Timeline
  • From 1973 to 1981, he was translator, as well as an economic and trade representative of the Soviet Union in China.
  • From 1981 to 1991, Expert of the International Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU in the People's Republic of China.
  • From 1992 to 1997, he served as a senior counselor at the Russian Embassy in China.
  • During the 1997 to 2000 period, he was the Director of the Economic Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
  • During that same time, he concurrently served as a member of the administrative board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
  • From May 2000 to December 2001 he was the Russian Ambassador to Egypt.
  • From December 2001 to July 2004 he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • From 2004 to 2006 he was the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations.[1]
  • From 2006 to 2013 he was the First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.[2]

Footnotes
  1. "The biography of Andrey I. Denisov at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations website". Archived from the original on 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2006-03-18.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. cv at the site of the Russian embassy in Beijing
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sergey Lavrov		 Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
2004–2006		 Succeeded by
Vitaly I. Churkin


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