Alexander Vasiliyevich Golovin (russian: Александр Васильевич Головин; 5 December 1949 – 27 October 2023) was a Russian diplomat with the rank of Plenipotentiary Ambassador.

Biography

Golovin graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1971, and went on to work in various posts with the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR The Ministry of External Relations (MER) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (russian: Министерство иностранных дел СССР) was founded on 6 July 1923. It had three names during its existence: People's Co ...

. From 1993 to 1996, he was Senior Adviser to the

Embassy of Russia in Berlin The Russian Embassy in Germany (german: Botschaft der Russischen Föderation in Deutschland; russian: Посольство России в Германии, Posol'stvo Rossii v Germanii) is the headquarters of the diplomatic mission of the Russia ...

, and from 1996 to 2000 was director of the Fourth European Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His first ambassadorial appointment came in 2000, when he was appointed by Vladimir Putin at Ambassador of Russia to Austria from 4 August 2000, and held this post until 6 August 2004. Golovin was Ambassador of Russia to Switzerland from 27 March 2012. Golovin spoke Russian, English,

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and

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. He died on 27 October 2023, at the age of 73.

References

1949 births 2023 deaths Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Austria Ambassadors of Russia to Switzerland Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) {{russia-diplomat-stub