Leonid Petrovich Moiseyev (russian: Леонид Петрович Моисеев) (born 1948 in
Vladivostok
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) is a Russian
diplomat
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.
Educated at the
Moscow 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 o ...
, Moiseyev has been a member of first the Soviet and then the Russian diplomatic service since 1973. He has served mainly in the
People's Republic of China
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(he is fluent in
Chinese) and
Japan
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.
From 1994 to 2001 Moiseev was first Deputy Director and then Director of the First Asian Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, dealing with issues relating to China,
Taiwan
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,
North Korea
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,
South Korea
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and
Mongolia
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, and was also a Member of the Collegium of the
.
Moiseyev was the
Ambassador of Russia to Australia from 20 July 2001 to 10 November 2005, and the
ambassador to Singapore between 2011 and 2015.
References
External links
Ambassador Moiseev's speech to the Royal United Services Institute of South Australia on Russia's security outlook, March 2004
1948 births
Living people
People from Vladivostok
Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
Ambassadors of Russia to Australia
Ambassadors of Russia to Nauru
Ambassadors of Russia to Fiji
Ambassadors of Russia to Vanuatu
Ambassadors of Russia to Singapore
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