Andrei Kozyrev
| Andrei Kozyrev | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 11 October 1990 – 6 January 1996 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yegor Gaidar Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Vinogradov |
| Succeeded by | Yevgeny Primakov |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 March 1951 Brussels, Belgium |
| Spouse(s) | Elena Kozyreva |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Andrey Vladimirovich Kozyrev (Russian: Андре́й Влади́мирович Ко́зырев; born March 27, 1951 in Brussels) was the first foreign minister of Russia under President Boris Yeltsin from October 1991 until January 1996. He was born in Brussels, Belgium. Andrey Kozyrev graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 1974 with a Ph.D. in History. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in 1974, and held various posts including the Head of the Department of International Organizations.
Kozyrev was born in Brussels in 1951, the son of a Soviet engineer temporarily working there. He was educated at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, a school for diplomats operated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before beginning his studies there in 1969, he spent a year as a fitter in the Kommunar machine-building factory in Moscow.
He completed his studies in 1974. He then entered the U.S.S.R. Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a speech writer and researcher in the Department of International Organizations, which was responsible for issues concerning the United Nations and arms control, including biological and chemical warfare issues. Over the next three years, he earned a post-graduate degree in historical science and published several books on the arms trade and the UN.
Kozyrev's career in the Foreign Ministry marked him as a promising young Soviet diplomat. He became an attaché in the Department of International Organizations in 1979 and third secretary the next year. Promotions came regularly: he became second secretary in 1982; first secretary in 1984; counselor in 1986. Following the reorganization of the ministry by Gorbachev's foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, he became deputy chief of the renamed Administration of International Organizations in 1988. The next year Kozyrev became chief of the administration, replacing a man 20 years his senior.
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