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Vasily Nebenzya

Vasily Nebenzya
Vassily Nebenzya Dec. 2016 cropped.jpg
16th Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
Nominee
President Vladimir Putin
Preceded by Pyotr Ilichov (acting)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Assumed office
3 June 2013
President Vladimir Putin
Minister Sergey Lavrov
Personal details
Born Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya
Василий Алексеевич Небензя

(1962-02-26) 26 February 1962 (age 55)
Volgograd, USSR
Alma mater Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Awards

Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya (Russian: Василий Алексеевич Небензя; born 26 February 1962 in Volgograd, USSR) is a Russian diplomat, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and nominee Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. His official title is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Born 26 February 1962 in Volgograd. His father was Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Publishing Aleksei Andreevich Nebenzya (1923-1994). He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1983. Since then he has pursued a diplomatic career.

On March 16, 2017, he was named as one of the main candidates for the post of Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. The other candidates were Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO Alexander Grushko and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Antonov.

On April 21, 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia nominated him for the post of UN Ambassador. He will be officially appointed after the approval of the Federal Assembly of Russia.


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