Alexander Vasiliyevich Golovin (Russian: Александр Васильевич Головин; 5 December 1949 – 27 October 2023) was a Russian diplomat with the rank of Plenipotentiary Ambassador.[1]

Biography

Golovin graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1971, and went on to work in various posts with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. From 1993 to 1996, he was Senior Adviser to the Embassy of Russia in Berlin, and from 1996 to 2000 was director of the Fourth European Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

His first ambassadorial appointment came in 2000, when he was appointed by Vladimir Putin at Ambassador of Russia to Austria from 4 August 2000, and held this post until 6 August 2004.[1][2]

Golovin was Ambassador of Russia to Switzerland from 27 March 2012. [3]

Golovin spoke Russian, English, German and French.[1] He died on 27 October 2023, at the age of 73.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Головин Александр Васильевич (in Russian). Biografija.ru. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  2. ↑ Послы России в Австрии (in Russian). Embassy of Russia to Austria. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Grussbotschaft des Botschafters". Embassy of Russia to Switzerland. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "О кончине А.В.Головина". mid.ru. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.


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