Alexander Viktorovich Blokhin (; born 12 January 1951 ) is a Russian

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. He served as the

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of the

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between 2005 and 2010. He served as Ambassador of Russia to Turkmenistan from 5 May 2011 to 6 April 2023.

Career

Blokhin graduated from the Ivanovo Power Institute in 1974, and for the next three years worked in various capacities at Fizpribor in Kirov. From 1977 to 1978, Blokhin was attached to the USSR Ministry of Defence, and from 1983 to 1990 was the chief

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of the

Shchelkovo Shchyolkovo ( rus, Щёлково, p=ˈɕːɵlkəvə) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River ( Oka's tributary), northeast of Moscow. Population: 112,865 ( 2002 ...

Bioindustrial Complex. In 1990, Blokhin was elected a member of the

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, and served until its dissolution in 1993. Since 1992, he has worked in the

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. Alexander Blokhin's first ambassadorial appointment came in 1995, when he was appointed at ambassador of Russia to Azerbaijan, a post he held until 1999. From January 2000 he was the Minister for Federal Affairs, Nationalities and Migration in

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, until October 2001 when the position was abolished. In September 2002, he began his next ambassador post as

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, staying in

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until July 2005. On 10 November 2005, by

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, Blokhin was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Australia. As Russia's ambassador to Australia, Alexander Blokhin was concurrently accredited as the non-resident ambassador to

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and

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, in January 2006, February 2006 and March 2006, respectively. Blokhin speaks

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blokhin, Alexander Living people 1951 births People from Ivanovo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Australia Ambassadors of Russia to Belarus Ambassadors of Russia to Azerbaijan Ambassadors of Russia to Fiji Ambassadors of Russia to Vanuatu Ambassadors of Russia to Nauru Ambassadors of Russia to Turkmenistan Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)