Andrei Karlov | |
|---|---|
Андрей Карлов | |
 Karlov in 2016 | |
| Russian Ambassador to Turkey | |
| In office 12 July 2013 – 19 December 2016 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Ivanovsky |
| Succeeded by | Alexei Yerkhov |
| Russian Ambassador to North Korea | |
| In office 9 July 2001 – 20 December 2006 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Valery Denisov |
| Succeeded by | Valery Sukhinin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov 4 February 1954 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 December 2016 (aged 62) Ankara, Turkey |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Spouse |
Marina Mikhailovna (m. 1975) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) |
Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Карлов; 4 February 1954 – 19 December 2016) was a Russian diplomat who served as the Russian ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the Russian ambassador to North Korea.[1]
On the evening of 19 December 2016, while speaking at an art gallery exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, he was shot to death by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish policeman.[2][3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Arango, Tim; Gladstone, Rick (19 December 2016). "Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- "Убийство посла РФ в Анкаре. Хроника событий" [After the murder of the Russian Federation in Ankara. Chronicle of events]. ТАСС (in Russian). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- "Russische ambassadeur Turkije overlijdt na aanslag in Ankara". De Volkskrant. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- "Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara". Business Insider. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov shot and injured in Turkey". BBC News. 19 December 2016.