H.E. Mr. Alexander KUZNETSOV
appointed Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO
by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 19 September 2016
Date of birth |
1951 |
Education |
graduated from Moscow State Institute of international relations, USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MGIMO) (1974) |
Academic careers |
Ph.d. (Candidate of sciences (History)) |
Languages |
English, French, Spanish, Italian |
Rank |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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Professional activities: |
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1974-1993 |
occupied various diplomatic positions in the MFA, embassies of the USSR/Russia in Argentina, Spain, USA and France |
1993-1995 |
Counsellor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1995-2000 |
Deputy Permanent Delegate of Russia to UNESCO (Paris) |
2000-2005 |
Deputy Director, Director the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the MFA, member of the Board of the MFA Professor of Moscow State Linguistic University |
2005-2012 |
Ambassador to Spain |
2012-2016 |
Director of the Department of History and Records of the MFA, member of the Board of the MFA, member of the Board of the Federal Archival Agency of Russia Professor of Russian State University for Humanities |
Marital status |
married, has a son and a daughter |