VITALY CHURKIN
Born February 21, 1952 in Moscow.
1974 - graduated from the Moscow Institute for Foreign
Affairs
1981 - PhD in history from the USSR Diplomatic Academy
1974 - joined the USSR Foreign Ministry
1974-79 - staff member of the USSR delegation to the
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
1979-82 - third secretary, US desk, USSR Foreign Ministry
1982-87 - second, first secretary, USSR Embassy in Washington
DC
1987-89 - staff member, International Department, CPSU
Central Committee
1989-90 - special adviser to the USSR Minister of Foreign
Affairs
1990-91 - Director, Information Department, Spokesman of the
USSR Foreign Ministry
1992-94 - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation,
Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation to
the talks on Former Yugoslavia
1994-98 - Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Belgium,
Liaison Ambassador to NATO and WEU
1998-2003 - Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Canada
2003 - April 2006 - Ambassador at Large, MFA, Chairman of
Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council, Senior Official of Russia
at the Barents/Euro-Arctic Council
April 8, 2006 - Permanent Representative of the Russian
Federation to the United Nations, Representative of the Russian
Federation at the UN Security Council Diplomatic rank - Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1990)
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