Aleksandr Avdeyev (politician, born 1946)
Aleksandr Avdeyev | |
|---|---|
Александр Алексеевич Авдеев | |
Avdeyev in 2016 | |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 12 May 2008 – 7 May 2012 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Sokolov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Medinsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 8, 1946 Kremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (today Ukraine) |
| Alma mater | MGIMO |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Honour, Order of Friendship, Legion of Honour, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of Stara Planina, |
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Avdeyev (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Авдеев; born 8 September 1946 in Kremenchuk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian and Soviet politician and diplomat. He was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Luxembourg from 1987 to 1990, the Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria from 1992 to 1996 and the Ambassador of Russia to France from 2002 to 2008. He later served as the Minister of Culture from 2008 to 2012.
Avdeyev served as the Ambassador of Russia to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Order of Malta from January 2013 until May 2023.