Sergei Lavrov
| Sergey Lavrov Сергей Лавров |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 9 March 2004 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Igor Ivanov |
| Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations | |
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In office 22 September 1994 – 12 July 2004 |
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| President |
Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Yuli Vorontsov |
| Succeeded by | Andrey Denisov |
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21 March 1950 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship |
Soviet Russian |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Lavrova |
| Children | Ekaterina |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Awards |
 Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
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| Signature |  |
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Серге́й Ви́кторович Лавро́в, pronounced [sʲɪrˈgʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐvˈrof]; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat, and is currently the Foreign Minister of Russia, in office since 2004.
From 1994 to 2004, Lavrov was a Russian diplomat, and the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. Lavrov speaks Russian, English, French, Sinhala, and Dhivehi.
Lavrov was born on 21 March 1950 in Moscow, to an Armenian father and a Russian mother from Georgia. His mother worked in the Soviet Ministry for Foreign Trade. Lavrov graduated from high school with a silver medal. Since his favorite class was physics, he planned to enter either the National Research Nuclear University or the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, but he entered the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and graduated in 1972.
During his education at the MGIMO, Lavrov studied international relations. Soon he learned Sinhalese, then the only official language of Sri Lanka, as well as Dhivehi, the official language of the Maldives. Moreover, Lavrov learned English and French, but has stated that he is unable to speak the French language fluently. After he was admitted to the university, Lavrov, along with other students, was sent for a month to build the Ostankino Tower.
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