This article is about the Russian politician. For the Israeli Olympic weightlifter, see Andrei Denisov (weightlifter).Russian diplomat

Andrey Ivanovich Denisov (Russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Дени́сов; born October 3, 1952) is a Russian diplomat, since April 22, 2013 he is the Russian Amb*ador to China. 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 in China.
• From 1981 to 1991, Expert of the International Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU in the People's Republic of China.
• From 1992 to 1997, he served as a senior counselor at the Russian Emb*y 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.
• During that same time, he concurrently served as a member of the administrative board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
• From May 2000 to December 2001 he was the Russian Amb*ador 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.
• From 2006 to 2013 he was the First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.

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