Andrei Karlov
| Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov | |
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| Андре́й Генна́дьевич Ка́рлов | |
Karlov in October 2016
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| Russian Ambassador to Turkey | |
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In office 12 July 2013 – 19 December 2016 |
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| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Ivanovsky |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Russian Ambassador to North Korea | |
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In office 9 July 2001 – 20 December 2006 |
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| 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 |
| Cause of death | Ballistic trauma |
| Spouse(s) | Marina Karlova |
| Children | 1 son |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Awards |  |
Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (Russian: Андре́й Генна́дьевич Ка́рлов; 4 February 1954 – 19 December 2016) was a Russian career diplomat who served as the Russian Ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the nation's ambassador to North Korea.
On the evening of 19 December 2016, while speaking at an art gallery exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, Karlov was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish policeman.
Karlov was born in Moscow on 4 February 1954. In 1976, Karlov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. That same year he joined the diplomatic service.
In 1992, he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry. He was fluent in Korean, and served in different roles in the USSR embassy in North Korea from 1979 to 1984, and 1986 to 1991. Between 1992 and 1997 he worked in the Russian embassy in South Korea, and served as Russia's ambassador to North Korea from 2001 to 2006. While as ambassador to North Korea, he was instrumental in the building of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, a Russian Orthodox church in Pyongyang, through discussions with Kim Jong-il. The church was consecrated in 2006.
From 2007 to 2009, Karlov served as Deputy Director of the Consular Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. He was promoted to director of the department in January 2009. He was appointed ambassador to Turkey in July 2013.
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