Alexander Viktorovich Blokhin

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Alexander Viktorovich Blokhin
Александр Викторович Блохин
Alexander Blokhin (2017-10-02).jpg
Blokhin in 2017
 [ru]
Assumed office
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
Preceded by [ru]
Ambassador of Russia to Australia
In office
10 December 2005 – 29 June 2010
Preceded byLeonid Moiseyev
Succeeded by [ru]
Ambassador of Russia to Belarus
In office
26 July 2002 – 14 July 2005
Preceded byVyacheslav Dolgov
Succeeded by [ru]
Ambassador of Russia to Azerbaijan
In office
25 June 1995 – 6 January 2000
Preceded by [ru]
Succeeded by [ru]
Personal details
Born (1951-01-12) 12 January 1951 (age 70)
Ivanovo, RSFSR, Soviet Union)
Alma materIvanovo Power Institute
AwardsMedal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" First Class

Alexander Viktorovich Blokhin (Russian: Александр Викторович Блохин) (born 12 January 1951[1] in Ivanovo, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian diplomat. He served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Australia between 2005 and 2010.[2] On 5 May 2011 he was appointed .[3]

Career[]

Blokhin graduated from the in 1974, and for the next three years worked in various capacities at in Kirov. From 1977–1978, Blokhin was attached to the USSR Ministry of Defence, and from 1983–1990 was the chief engineer of the Shchelkovo Bioindustrial Complex.[citation needed]

In 1990, Blokhin was elected a member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia, and served until its dissolution in 1993. Since 1992, he has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

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 Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet, until October 2001 when the position was abolished.[1]

In September 2002, he began his next ambassador post as Ambassador of Russia to Belarus, staying in Minsk until July 2005. On 10 November 2005, by decree of President Vladimir Putin, Blokhin was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Australia.[1] As Russia's ambassador to Australia, Alexander Blokhin was concurrently accredited as the non-resident ambassador to Fiji, Vanuatu and Nauru, in January 2006, February 2006 and March 2006, respectively.[1]

Blokhin speaks Russian and English.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Блохин Александр Викторович (in Russian). Information-Analytical Portal "Heritage". Retrieved 8 August 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Russia 'no rogue state'". The Age. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.05.2011 г. № 582" (in Russian). Kremlin.ru. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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