Igor Ivanov, Secretary, Russian National Security Council
Igor Sergejevitsj Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow. He currently works as a Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation. He Graduated from Moscow Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in 1969.
Career:
1969-73: Junior Researcher at Institute of World Economics and International relations, USSR Academy of Sciences
1973-: Diplomatic service
1973-83: Second, then First Secretary, Counsellor, Counsellor-Envoy, USSR Embassy in Spain
1983-84: Expert First European Dept., Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1984-85: Counsellor of Minister
1985-86: Asst. Minister
1987-92: Deputy Chief, then Chief of Department
1989-91: Chief Gen. Secretary, member of Bd.
1991-94: Russian Ambassador to Spain
1994-: First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
1995 (Jan): Appointed State Secretary and First Deputy Foreign Minister.
1998 (Sept): Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by his former boss, Prime Minister Primakov.
Information Courtesy of Centre for Russian Studies