Konstantin Kosachev | |
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Константин Косачев | |
.jpg) Kosachev in 2021 | |
| Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2015 | |
| Russian Federation Senator from the Mari El Republic | |
| Assumed office 21 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Svetlana Solntseva |
| Russian Federation Senator from the Chuvash Republic | |
| In office 15 December 2014 – 15 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Galina Nikolayeva |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Fyodorov |
| Head of Rossotrudnichestvo | |
| In office 5 March 2012 – 22 December 2014 | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| In office 19 December 1999 – 21 December 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Konstantin Iosifovich Kosachev 17 September 1962 Moscow Oblast, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Lyudmila Kosachev |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Politician, diplomat |
Konstantin Iosifovich Kosachev (Russian: Константин Иосифович Косачев; born 17 September 1962) is a Russian politician and former diplomat. He is a senator at the Federation Council (Russian parliament's upper house) and chairs its Foreign Affairs Committee. He has been on the US sanctions list since 2018.
After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Kosachev was a diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Sweden. He was elected to the State Duma in 1999. He was appointed head of Rossotrudnichestvo in 2012. In December 2014, he became a member of the Federation Council.