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

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(UNODC) and director-general of the

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(UNOV) with the rank of

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, after having previously served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom. Fedotov 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. He has held many foreign service positions to the UN and worked at

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and

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. 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

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. Fedotov died in Austria on 16 June 2022, at the age of 74.

Career

Yury Fedotov was the executive director of the

(UNODC) at the rank of under-secretary-general, until 31 December 2019. He was appointed to this position by UN Secretary-General

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on 9 July 2010. He was also director-general of the UN Office at

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). Prior to this appointment, Fedotov participated in many discussions among the main deliberative bodies of the UN in

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. He served as a member of the College of Commissioners of the former

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(UNMOVIC) in

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedotov, Yuri 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