page_title: Vladimir Lavrov
hierarchical_section_title: Vladimir Lavrov
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: De Russische ambassadeur Lavrov arriveert per koets bij Huis ten Bosch
context_page_description: Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov was a Soviet diplomat and ambassador.
  Lavrov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and defended a habilitation in historical sciences. He took the following diplomatic positions:
  1947–1952 – official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  1952–1953 – First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to the United Kingdom
  1953–1956 – assistant to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union
  1956–1959 – adviser at the Soviet Embassy to the United States
  1959–1960 – curator of Soviet-Yemen relations
  1960–1964 – senior official at the European division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  1964–1967 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Kenya
  1967–1973 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands
  1973–1977 – director of the Personnel Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  1977–1983 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Switzerland
  1983–1987 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Turkey
context_section_description: Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Лавров; 4 October 1919 – 7 June 2011) was a Soviet diplomat and ambassador.
  Lavrov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and defended a habilitation in historical sciences. He took the following diplomatic positions:
  1947–1952 – official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  1952–1953 – First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to the United Kingdom
  1953–1956 – assistant to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union
  1956–1959 – adviser at the Soviet Embassy to the United States
  1959–1960 – curator of Soviet-Yemen relations
  1960–1964 – senior official at the European division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  1964–1967 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Kenya
  1967–1973 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands
  1973–1977 – director of the Personnel Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  1977–1983 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Switzerland
  1983–1987 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Turkey
caption: Vladimir Lavrov in the Netherlands in 1967
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