Anatoly Antonov
| Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov | |
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| Анатолий Иванович Антонов | |
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| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 28 December 2016 |
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| Minister | Sergey Lavrov |
| Deputy Minister of Defence | |
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In office 2 February 2011 – 28 December 2016 |
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| Minister | Sergey Shoygu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 May 1955 Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Awards |
Merit for Motherland (4th grade) Order of Honour |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union Russia
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| Service/branch |
.svg){kind=small} Russian Armed Forces
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| Years of service | 1990 — present |
| Rank | General of the Army |
Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Антонов) is a Russian politician, military officer and diplomat. He is currently Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and previously, he was Deputy Minister of Defence. He is recipient of Order of Merit for the Fatherland (4th grade) and Order of Honour.
Antonov was born on 15 May 1955 in Omsk, USSR. He graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1983.
For 30 years he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004 he became the Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament at the same place. On 2 February 2011, he was promoted by a Presidential Decree to become Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.
On 28 December 2016 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In 2017, he was named as Ambassador of Russia to the United States, replacing Sergey Kislyak.
In March 2017 has been named as one of the candidates for the post of Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, after the death of Vitaly Churkin.
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