Vladimir Porfiryevich Polyakov ( rus, Владимир Порфирьевич Поляков, 5 March 1931 – 16 June 2002) was a Soviet diplomat who served as
Soviet ambassador to Egypt as well as Soviet Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He served as
Soviet Ambassador to Egypt from 1974 until he was expelled by Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
in September 1981. In 1983-1990 he served as head of the Middle East section of the
Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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1931 births
2002 deaths
20th-century diplomats
People from Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Soviet Union)
Ambassadors of Russia to Egypt
Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Egypt
Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to South Yemen
Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Sudan
Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Russian diplomats
Soviet diplomats