Vitaly Churkin | |
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Виталий Чуркин | |
![]() Churkin in 2015 | |
Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations | |
In office 1 May 2006 – 20 February 2017 | |
President | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Andrey Denisov |
Succeeded by | Vasily Nebenzya |
Ambassador of Russia to Canada | |
In office 23 August 1998 – 5 June 2003 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Alexander Belonogov |
Succeeded by | Georgiy Mamedov |
Ambassador of Russia to Belgium | |
In office 3 October 1994 – 25 February 1998 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Sergey Kislyak |
Succeeded by | Nikolay Afanasevsky |
Personal details | |
Born | Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin 21 February 1952 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 20 February 2017 New York City, U.S. | (aged 64)
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union |
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Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin (Russian: Виталий Иванович Чуркин, IPA: [vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕurkʲɪn]; 21 February 1952 – 20 February 2017) was a Russian diplomat.[1] As a child actor, he starred in three films The Blue Notebook, Nol tri, and A Mother's Heart.[2] Churkin served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006 until his death in 2017.
Previously he was Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2003–2006), Ambassador to Canada (1998–2003), Ambassador to Belgium and Liaison Ambassador to NATO and WEU (1994–1998), Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation to the talks on Former Yugoslavia (1992–1994), Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR/Russian Federation (1990–1992). Churkin was fluent in English, French and Mongolian.