Russia-Korea Relations: Past, Present and Future
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
H.E. ALEXANDER A. TIMONIN
Date of birth: July, 24, 1952
In 1975 graduated from Moscow State University
Entered the diplomatic service in 1980. Worked at the Embassies of the USSR and the Russian Federation to the DPRK and to the Republic of Korea
1999-2000 – Embassy of the Russian Federation to the DPRK, Minister-Counsellor
2000-2004, 2006-2011 – Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea, Minister-Counsellor
2004-2006 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the First Asian Department, Deputy Head of the Russian Delegation at the Six-Party talks on the Nuclear Problem of the Korean Peninsula
2011-2012 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador at Large
В 2012-2014 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
On December, 26, 2014, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea
Ambassador Timonin is married with a daughter, and is the author of a number of books and articles, covering the issues of providing for peace and security, the development of multilateral economic cooperation at the Korean Peninsula and in the North-East Asia