Aleksandr Avdeyev (politician, born 1946)

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Avdeyev (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Авдеев; born 8 September 1946 in Kremenchuk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian and Soviet politician and diplomat. He was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Luxembourg from 1987 to 1990, the Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria from 1992 to 1996 and the Ambassador of Russia to France from 2002 to 2008.^[1]^[2] He later served as the Minister of Culture from 2008 to 2012.^[3]^[4]

Since January 2013, he is the Ambassador of Russia to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Order of Malta.^[5]

^ Biography at the official site of the Russian government
^ Экс-министр культуры Авдеев стал послом в Ватикане [Former Minister of Culture Avdeev became ambassador to the Vatican]. Vedomosti (in Russian). 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^ "Interview with the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Alexander Avdeyev". The Moscow Times. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ Александр Авдеев назначен послом России в Ватикане [Alexander Avdeyev appointed Russian ambassador to the Vatican] (in Russian). 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^ Nina Achmatova (14 January 2013). "Putin appoints ex Culture minister as new ambassador to the Holy See". AsiaNews. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.