Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is a talented Soviet and Russian statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. His name is associated with the successful foreign policy of our country in recent years. He rightfully enjoys a well-deserved prestige in the international arena and is considered one of the most powerful diplomats.
Sergey Lavrov has been the head of the Foreign Ministry since 2004. In this position, he advocates the revival of Russia's foreign policy independence. Among his merits are a compromise with China on border areas, the settlement of a forty-year conflict with Norway over the maritime border between our countries, the European Security Treaty, the START-3 Treaty with the United States, and visa facilitation with the United Europe. Under Lavrov, Russia's policy in Asia, in particular in Syria, intensified. The minister has many awards and honorary titles. He is a full holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. In recent years, he has been actively promoting Russian business abroad. Sergey Viktorovich is famous for his witty statements. The interlocutors are captivated by his ability to defuse the situation with humor. At the same time, he is quite tough in defending his position.
Childhood and education
Sergey Lavrov was born on March 21, 1950 in Moscow. Father's name was Viktor Kalantarov, Armenian by nationality, originally from Tbilisi. Mother - Kaleria Borisovna Lavrova - Russian, originally from the Moscow region of Noginsk, was an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR. The son took his mother's surname. Recorded as Russian in the passport.
The future politician was brought up by his grandparents, since his parents often and for a long time were on business trips abroad. He studied at school No. 2 named after V. Korolenko in the city of Noginsk, later transferred to Moscow school No. 607 with in-depth study of the English language, from which he graduated with a silver medal. Lavrov was fond of physics, so he applied not only to the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, but also to MEPhI. At MGIMO, exams began a month earlier, therefore, having successfully passed the entrance tests, he became a student of the eastern branch of this prestigious university. At the institute, in addition to English and French, he studied the Sinhalese language, which influenced further employment.
Work
Lavrov's diplomatic career began in 1972 with an internship at the USSR Embassy in the Republic of Sri Lanka, where he worked as an attaché until 1976. Then he was appointed third, and then second secretary of the Department of International Economic Organizations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 1981 to 1988, he took turns in the positions of First Secretary, Counselor, Senior Counselor of the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the UN in New York. From 1988 to 1992 he was deputy, first deputy head, head of the Department of International Economic Organizations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. From 1994 to 2004, Sergey Viktorovich - Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and the UN Security Council. There he gained a reputation as a principled and determined diplomat. During this period, the UN supported a record number of Russian initiatives.
On March 9, 2004, by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Lavrov was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He still heads this department with great success and, according to polls, is one of the three most effective ministers of the Russian Federation. Simultaneously with the duties of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Viktorovich combines work at UNESCO, where he is the chairman of the Commission of Russia, as well as a member of the Government Commission for Economic Development and Integration.
A family
Lavrov got married when he was in his third year at MGIMO. His chosen one was Maria Alexandrovna, a philologist by education. When they met, she was working as a teacher. Since then, the Lavrovs have been together, the wife accompanies her husband on all foreign business trips. Daughter - Ekaterina Sergeevna Vinokurova, was born and raised in New York, graduated from a prestigious school in Manhattan, then Columbia University, where she studied political science. Then she studied for a magistracy in London. Now she is the director of the Russian branch of the auction house Christie's. Ekaterina's husband is Alexander Vinokurov, a graduate of the Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University. They got married in 2008. Two years later, Catherine gave birth to Lavrov's grandson Leonid, and then a granddaughter. Ekaterina's husband owns several businesses in the telecommunications, gas, mining, port and pharmaceutical industries. Currently, the daughter's family lives in Moscow.
Hobbies and hobbies
Since his student years, Sergey Viktorovich has been fond of rafting, he is the president of the Russian Rowing Slalom Federation. Every year he makes time for rafting on mountain rivers. Likes to sing with a guitar, composes poetry, collects political jokes. He is a fan of the Spartak football club, one of the founders of the People's Football League of Russia, designed to unite fans of this sport.
