Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov
Сергей Лавров
Lavrov in 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
9 March 2004
President
Prime Minister
Preceded byIgor Ivanov
Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations
In office
22 September 1994 – 12 July 2004
Nominated byBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byYuli Vorontsov
Succeeded byAndrey Denisov
Personal details
Born
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov

(1950-03-21) 21 March 1950 (age 74)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Spouse
Maria Lavrova
(m. 1971)
Children1
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
AwardsHero of Labour of the Russian Federation;
Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
Signature

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov[a] (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐˈvrof]; 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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  1. ^ "Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.