Vasily Nebenzya | |
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16th Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Nominee |
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President | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Pyotr Ilichov (acting) |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation | |
Assumed office 3 June 2013 |
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President | Vladimir Putin |
Minister | Sergey Lavrov |
Personal details | |
Born |
Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya Василий Алексеевич Небензя 26 February 1962 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.