Andrey Ivanovich Denisov (russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Дени́сов; born October 3, 1952) is a Russian diplomat, who served as the

Russian Ambassador to China The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China (PRC) is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of ...

from to . He is fluent in Chinese, as well as English, apart from his native language.

Career Timeline

*From 1973 to 1981, he was translator, as well as an economic and trade representative of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. *From 1981 to 1991, Expert of the International Department of the

Central Committee of the CPSU The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, – TsK KPSS was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress. According to party statutes, the committee directe ...

in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. *From 1992 to 1997, he served as a senior counselor at the Russian Embassy in China. *During the 1997 to 2000 period, he was the Director of the Economic Cooperation Department of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with lea ...

. *During that same time, he concurrently served as a member of the administrative board of the

. *From May 2000 to December 2001 he was the Russian Ambassador to Egypt. *From December 2001 to July 2004 he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. *From 2004 to 2006 he was the

Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations is the leader of Russia's diplomatic mission to the United Nations. Vasily Nebenzya is charged with representing Russia in the United Nations Security Council and the for ...

. *From 2006 to 2013 he was the First Deputy Foreign Minister of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. *From 2013 to 2022 — ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the

. *Since 2022 — senator from the executive branch of the Saratov region.

Awards and honors

Order of Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

, 3rd class (21 March 2022) * Orden_for_Service_IV

Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class (9 October 2007) * Orden_of_Honour

Order of Honour (29 October 2010) * Orden_of_Friendship

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

(30 December 2012) * MopoggiibbpamAVB_rib

Medal "For Merit in Perpetuating the Memory of the Fallen Defenders of the Fatherland" (2008) * Decoration_without_ribbon_-_en

Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (29 September 2008) * Decoration_without_ribbon_-_en

Honorary Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (18 September 2002) * Decoration_without_ribbon_-_en

Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (3 April 2008)

Footnotes

Living people 1952 births People from Kharkiv Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Soviet diplomats Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Permanent Representatives of Russia to the United Nations Ambassadors of Russia to Egypt Ambassadors of Russia to China Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) {{UN-bio-stub