Mikhail Fedotov

Mikhail Fedotov
Михаил Федотов
Fedotov in 2014
Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
In office
12 October 2010 – 22 October 2019
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byElla Pamfilova
Succeeded byValery Fadeyev
Permanent Representative to UNESCO
In office
23 September 1993 – 24 January 1998
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byVladimir Lomeiko
Succeeded byYevgeny Sidorov [ru]
Minister of Press and Mass Media
In office
23 December 1992 – 23 August 1993
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded byMikhail Poltoranin
Succeeded byVladimir Shumeyko
Personal details
Born (1949-09-18) 18 September 1949 (age 75)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political partyUnion of Right Forces
Alma materMoscow State University (Faculty of Law)
All-Union Correspondence Institute of Law

Mikhail Alexandrovich Fedotov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Федотов; born 18 September 1949) is a Russian jurist, politician, human rights activist, and former diplomat.