Yury Viktorovich Fedotov (russian: Юрий Викторович Федотов, 14 December 1947 – 16 June 2022) was a Russian diplomat. From 2010 to 2019 he served as executive director of the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: ''Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime'') is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the ...
(UNODC) and director-general of the
United Nations Office at Vienna
The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major office sites of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The office complex is located in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and is part of the ...
(UNOV)
with the rank of
Under-Secretary-General
An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-s ...
, after having previously served as the
Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom.
Fedotov graduated from the
in 1971. He has held many foreign service positions to the
UN and worked at
Soviet
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embassies in
Algeria
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and
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
In 2002 he became the Russian Federation's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and held this post until 2005.
From 2005 until 2010 he was Ambassador of Russia to the
Court of St. James's
The Court of St James's is the royal court for the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. All ambassadors to the United Kingdom are formally received by the court. All ambassadors from the United Kingdom are formally accredited from the court – & ...
.
Fedotov died in Austria on 16 June 2022, at the age of 74.
Career
Yury Fedotov was the executive director of the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: ''Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime'') is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the ...
(UNODC) at the rank of under-secretary-general, until 31 December 2019. He was appointed to this position by UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon (; ; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was his country's Minister ...
on 9 July 2010.
He was also director-general of the
UN Office at
Vienna
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UNOV
The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major office sites of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The office complex is located in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and is part of the ...
). Prior to this appointment, Fedotov participated in many discussions among the main deliberative bodies of the UN in
New York City
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. He served as a member of the College of Commissioners of the former
(UNMOVIC) in
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
.
References
External links
Secretary-General appoints Yuri Fedotov of Russian Federation Executive Director of UNODC
Biography of Yury Fedotov
Speeches and interviews on Russian Embassy in the UK website
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1947 births
2022 deaths
People from Sukhumi
Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
Soviet diplomats
Russian diplomats
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
Ambassadors of Russia to the United Kingdom
Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations