Alexander Alexandrovich Kinshchak (russian: Александр Александрович Кинщак) (born 20 October 1962) is a Russian diplomat.

Career

Kinshchak graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1988, and went on to work in the

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. From 2002-2004 he was an adviser-envoy at the Embassy of Russia in Baghdad, and from 2006 was Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian foreign affairs ministry. Kinshchak was appointed by Russian President

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on 28 January 2008 as Ambassador of Russia to Kuwait, and he presented his credentials to Emir

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ( ar, الشيخ صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح, translit=ash-Shaykh Sabāh al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 16 June 192929 September 2020) was the Emir of Kuwait and Commander of the Kuwa ...

on 28 April 2008. Between 22 December 2014 and 29 October 2018 Kinshchak served as Russian ambassador to Syria. Since 30 November 2018 he has been director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kinshchak was awarded the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2nd-class on 8 July 2004, followed by the first class on 4 November 2011, and then as full ambassadorial rank on 10 February 2017. He speaks Russian,

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and

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References

1962 births Living people Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Kuwait Ambassadors of Russia to Syria Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of Courage Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class {{russia-diplomat-stub