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

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of Plenipotentiary Ambassador.

Biography

Golovin graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

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 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with lea ...

. His first ambassadorial appointment came in 2000, when he was appointed by

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

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

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and

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

References

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