Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Born on 21 March 1950 in Russia

1972: graduated from the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Moscow State Institute of International Relations 

1972: began his career at the Soviet Embassy in Sri Lanka
1976-1981: worked in the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Department of International Organizations 

1981-1988: First Secretary, Counsellor and Senior Counsellor in the Permanent Representation of the USSR at the UN
1988-1990: Deputy Head of the Department of International Economic Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1990-1992: Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of International Organizations and Global Problems 

1992-1994: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
1994-2004: Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the United Nations 

2004-: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 

Holds the rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation 

Has received several government awards