Alexander Viktorovich Blokhin (russian: Александр Викторович Блохин) (born 12 January 1951 in

Ivanovo Ivanovo ( rus, Иваново, p=ɪˈvanəvə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vlad ...

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, Soviet Union) is a Russian

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. He served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to

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between 2005 and 2010. On 5 May 2011 he was appointed Ambassador of Russia to Turkmenistan.

Career

Blokhin graduated from the Ivanovo Power Institute in 1974, and for the next three years worked in various capacities at Fizpribor in Kirov. From 1977–1978, Blokhin was attached to the USSR Ministry of Defence, and from 1983–1990 was the chief engineer of the

Shchelkovo Shchyolkovo ( rus, Щёлково, p=ˈɕːɵlkəvə) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River ( Oka's tributary), northeast of Moscow. Population: 112,865 ( 200 ...

Bioindustrial Complex. In 1990, Blokhin was elected a member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia, and served until its dissolution in 1993. Since 1992, he has worked in the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

. Alexander Blokhin's first ambassadorial appointment came in 1995, when he was appointed at ambassador of Russia to Azerbaijan, a post he held until 1999. From January 2000 he was the Minister for Federal Affairs, Nationalities and Migration in Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet, until October 2001 when the position was abolished. In September 2002, he began his next ambassador post as

Ambassador of Russia to Belarus The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Belarus. T ...

, staying in Minsk until July 2005. On 10 November 2005, by decree of President Vladimir Putin, Blokhin was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Australia. As Russia's ambassador to Australia, Alexander Blokhin was concurrently accredited as the non-resident ambassador to

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

, Vanuatu and

Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...

, in January 2006, February 2006 and March 2006, respectively. Blokhin speaks Russian and English.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blokhin, Alexander Living people 1951 births People from Ivanovo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Australia Ambassadors of Russia to Belarus Ambassadors of Russia to Azerbaijan Ambassadors of Russia to Fiji Ambassadors of Russia to Vanuatu Ambassadors of Russia to Nauru Ambassadors of Russia to Turkmenistan Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)