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Sergei Alexandrovich Ordzhonikidze (russian: Серге́й Александрович Орджоникидзе; born 14 March 1946 in
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The Biography of Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Living people 1946 births Diplomats from Moscow Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation alumni Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Russian people of Georgian descent Soviet diplomats Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations Russian officials of the United Nations {{russia-diplomat-stub
Sergei Alexandrovich Ordzhonikidze (russian: Серге́й Александрович Орджоникидзе; born 14 March 1946 in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
) is a Russian diplomat. He was the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
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from 2002 to 2011.
Early life and education
He was born inMoscow
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in early 1946. His mother, Eteri (1923-2010), was the adopted daughter of Georgian-Soviet revolutionary Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze,, ; russian: Серго Константинович Орджоникидзе, Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze) born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze, russian: Григорий Константино ...
. His father was Alexander Sergeevich Piradov, a Soviet ambassador from Tbilisi
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. Ordzhonikidze finished his study in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
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in 1969 and completed his postgraduate studies in International Law at the Diplomatic Academy of Moscow in 1978. He is fluent in English and Spanish, and knows how to speak French.
Early career
He started his career in the Soviet diplomatic service in 1969 and served in the Permanent Mission of the Soviet Union to the United Nations inNew York City
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until 1975. From 1975 to 1978, he was Assistant to the Deputy Foreign Minister in Moscow. From 1978 to 1983, he continued to serve in his country's permanent mission to the UN in New York City
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. Between 1991 and 1996, he was Deputy Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union and then of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York. Before that, he was Deputy Chief of the International Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs From 1983 to 1991. From 1996 to 1999, he served as Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ordzhonikidze served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
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, a post he had held from 1999 to 2002.
UN Geneva Director General
He was first appointed to the position byUN Secretary-General
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The role of the secretary-ge ...
Kofi Annan
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on 1 March 2002, and was re-appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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in February 2007. In 2011, he retired, being replaced by Kazakh diplomat Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev ( kk, Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasym-Jomart Kemelūly Toqaev ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the President of Kazakhstan since 12 J ...
.
Awards and recognition
He holds the diplomatic rank ofAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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, and has received three state awards.
* Order of Alexander Nevsky
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(August 17, 2017)
* Order of Honor Order of Honor may refer to:
*Order of Honour (Armenia)
*Order of Honor (Belarus), established in 1995
* Order of Honor (Georgia)
*Order of Honour (Greece), an award that replaced the abolished Royal Order of George I in 1975
*Order of Honour (Moldo ...
(March 6, 2011)
* Order of Friendship
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The Biography of Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Living people 1946 births Diplomats from Moscow Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation alumni Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Russian people of Georgian descent Soviet diplomats Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations Russian officials of the United Nations {{russia-diplomat-stub