Andrej Denisov

Andrey Ivanovich Denisov (; born October 3, 1952) is a Russian diplomat and politician, who served as the Russian Ambassador to China from to and Russian Ambassador to the United Nations from to . He is fluent in Chinese, as well as English, apart from his native language. Since September 2022 he has been the Senator from Saratov Oblast on the Federation Council.

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 Embassy in China. During the period of 1997 to 2000, he was the Director of the Economic Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. During that 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 Ambassador 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 the Russian Federation to the United Nations. From 2006 to 2013, he was the First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation. From 2013 to 2022, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China. Since 2022 — senator from the executive branch of the Saratov region.

Sanctions Sanctioned by Canada under the Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17) in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Grave Breach of International Peace and Security. and in December 2022 the EU sanctioned Andrey Denisov in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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