Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov
Сергей Лавров
	Lavrov in 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 March 2004
President	Vladimir Putin; Dmitry Medvedev; Vladimir Putin;
Prime Minister	Mikhail Fradkov; Viktor Zubkov; Vladimir Putin; Dmitry Medvedev; Mikhail Mishustin;
Preceded by	Igor Ivanov
Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations
	In office; 22 September 1994 – 12 July 2004
Nominated by	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Yuli Vorontsov
Succeeded by	Andrey Denisov
Personal details
Born	Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov; 21 March 1950 (age 74); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Spouse	Maria Lavrova (m. 1971)
Children	1
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Awards	Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation;; Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
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Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov^[a] (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004. He is the longest-serving foreign minister since the Tsarist era.^[1]

Lavrov served as the permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations from 1994 to 2004.

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^ "Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

[2] "Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

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