Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko

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Alexander Yakovenko
Yakovenko (left) at the 2006 G8 summit.

Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom
Personal details
Born	(1954-10-21) October 21, 1954 Homel, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union

Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Якове́нко, born October 21, 1954 in Homel) is Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom (since January 2011) and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. While working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, he was in charge of multilateral diplomacy (UN, UNESCO and other international organizations, economic and humanitarian cooperation, human rights, environmental cooperation, climate change, education, culture and sport issues). Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1976. Holds a degree of Doctor of Law. Has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Dr. Yakovenko speaks Russian, English and French.

Career

Dr Alexander V Yakovenko began his diplomatic career in 1976 and has occupied various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, including the Department of International Organizations, the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the United Nations in New York, the Foreign Policy Planning Department, the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation, the Department of Security and Disarmament, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna, and the Information and Press Department. Participated in numerous sessions of the UN Security Council and General Assembly, the UNESCO General Conference, various OSCE forums, negotiations on conventional armed forces in Europe and confidence building measures, the IAEA Board of Governors meetings, the Russian-American Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation, and the G8 expert meetings. Headed the Russian delegation at the International Space Station negotiations (1993–1998).^[1]

Ambassador to the UK

On 27 January 2011, Yakovenko was appointed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the post of Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom, replacing Yury Fedotov.^[2]

Yakovenko has employed his diplomatic position to clarify in the mainstream media certain ideas like:

The West should swallow its pride and work with Russia to save the Middle East, 26 August 2015
The West is mean to Russia, but let’s be friends, 22 June 2015
Russia and Nato, 23 February 2015
Ukraine: a case study in the failure to learn from history, 2 September 2014
Ukraine crisis: Crimea is like Scotland, says Russian ambassador, 28 March 2014

Professional

Since 2011 - Ambassador of Russian Federation to the United Kingdom
2005-2011 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
2000–2005 - Spokesman, Director of the Information and Press Department, MFA
1997–2000 - Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna
1995–1997 - Deputy Director of the Department of Security and Disarmament, MFA, Russian representative at the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Governing Board (Moscow)
1993–1995 - Deputy Director of the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation, MFA
1976–1993 - various posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad

Recent participation in international fora

2009– - Vice-President of the Durban Review Conference (Geneva), Head of the Russian delegation
2000–2009 - UN General Assembly sessions (New York)
2000–2009 - UN Security Council meetings (New York)
2005–2009 - Head of the Russian delegation at the ECOSOC sessions (Geneva, New-York) 2006-2009 - Head of the Russian delegation at the UNECE Session (Geneva)
2006–2009 - Head of the Russian delegation at the Human Rights Council sessions (Geneva)
2008–2009 - Head of the Russian delegation at the Alliance of Civilizations annual forum (Madrid, Istanbul)
2008– - Head of the Russian delegation at the Special Session of the FAO Conference (Rome) 2008 - Head of the Russian delegation at the UNEP Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (Monaco)
2007 - Head of the Russian delegation at the UNESCO General Conference (Paris)
2007 - Vice-President of the UNIDO General Conference (Vienna), Head of the Russian delegation
2006–2007 - Head of the Russian delegation at the UNESCAP Session (Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan; Busan, Republic of Korea)
2006 - Russian Representative at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit (Havana)
2006 - Head of the Russian delegation at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (Paris)

Academic

Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Moscow)
Member of the Space Council, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow)
Member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL, Paris)
Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA, Paris)

References

↑ Biography of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko in Russian and other languages
↑ "Kremlin appoints new envoy to Britain". Moscow: RIA Novosti. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

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