Andrei Karlov

Andrei Karlov
Андрей Карлов
Karlov in 2016
Russian Ambassador to Turkey
In office
12 July 2013 – 19 December 2016
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byVladimir Ivanovsky
Succeeded byAlexei Yerkhov
Russian Ambassador to North Korea
In office
9 July 2001 – 20 December 2006
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byValery Denisov
Succeeded byValery Sukhinin
Personal details
Born
Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov

(1954-02-04)4 February 1954
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died19 December 2016(2016-12-19) (aged 62)
Ankara, Turkey
Manner of deathAssassination
Spouse
Marina Mikhailovna
(m. 1975)
Children1
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
OccupationDiplomat
AwardsHero 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Arango, Tim; Gladstone, Rick (19 December 2016). "Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov shot and injured in Turkey". BBC News. 19 December 2016.