Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, a Russian diplomat and politician, was born on March 21, 1950, and has served as Russia’s Foreign Minister since 2004.
He was previously the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, serving in that capacity from 1994 to 2004 as a member of the United Russia party.
For his role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he faces personal sanctions from the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.
Lavrov was born in Moscow on March 21, 1950, to an Armenian father from Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, and a Russian mother from Noginsk, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Lavrov received a silver medal in high school. He was in physics class at the time.
Lavrov earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1972.
He worked as a country specialist for the Soviet embassy in Sri Lanka. Rafiq Nishonov, who would eventually become the 12th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR, hired him as a translator, personal secretary, and assistant.
Who is Sergeĭ Lavrov’s Wife Maria Lavrova?
Maria Lavrova is the wife of this prominent Russian politician, but she lives her life out of the public light, thus there is no information on her on the internet.
She is, nevertheless, a philologist and a Russian language and literature teacher by profession.
