Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Лавров; 4 October, 1919 – 7 June, 2011) was a Russian diplomat and ambassador of the Soviet Union.
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Lavrov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and defended a habilitation in historical sciences.[1] He took the following diplomatic positions:[2]
- 1947–1952 – official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1952–1953 – First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to the United Kingdom
- 1953–1956 – assistant to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union
- 1956–1959 – adviser at the Soviet Embassy to the United States
- 1959–1960 – curator of Soviet-Yemen relations
- 1960–1964 – senior official at the European division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1964–1967 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Kenya
- 1967–1973 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands
- 1973–1977 – director of the Personnel Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1977–1983 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Switzerland
- 1983–1987 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Turkey
References
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- ^ О кончине Лаврова В.С. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ Лавров Владимир Сергеевич. knowbysight.info