Mikhail Gusman

Mikhail Solomonovich Gusman (Russian: Михаил Соломонович Гусман; Azerbaijani: Mixail Solomonoviç Qusman; born 23 January 1950) is a Soviet and Russian journalist and interviewer of Azerbaijani origins. He has served since 1999 as the First Deputy Director-General of TASS.

Mikhail Gusman

OMRI
Mikhail Gusman, 17 January 2017
Born
Mikhail Solomonovich Gusman

(1950-01-23) 23 January 1950
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
OccupationJournalist
SpouseDzhema Gusman
Signature

Life and career

Mikhail Gusman was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to military physician of the Caspian Flotilla Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Gusman and professor Lola Barsuk, who later became a translator and professor at the Azerbaijan University of Languages.

In 1970, he graduated from the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, and three years later, in 1973, he completed their studies at the Baku Higher Party School. From 1973 to 1986, he served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Youth Organizations of the Azerbaijan SSR in Baku. Subsequently, from 1986 to 1991, he held the positions of head of the information department and head of the press center of the Committee of Youth Organisations.[1]

United States Secretary of State John Kerry Sits with Gusman before an interview in Moscow.

Between 1991 and 1995, he became the director of the General Directorate for Information Cooperation, known as "Infomol." Following this, he served as the vice-president of the international analytical agency "ANKOM-TASS" from 1995 to 1998. Later, in 1998 and 1999, he held the position of head of the Main Department of International Cooperation, Public Relations, and Special Projects at ITAR-TASS. From January to November 1999, he served as the Deputy General Director of ITAR-TASS. Since November 1999, he has been the First Deputy General Director of the TASS news agency (formerly known as ITAR-TASS until October 1, 2014).[2] Notably, during his tenure, starting from November 16, 2000, he also hosted the "Formula of Power" interview program, where he conducted interviews with world leaders.[3][4]

He is the Executive Secretary of the World Association of Russian Press (WARP), the Secretary General of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), and the Vice President of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA).[5] Gusman is also a member of the Moscow Union of Journalists.[6]

Personal life

His older brother Yuli is an actor and film director who serves CEO of the Nika Award. He is married to Dzhema Gusman. His son Vadim (born 1978) has served as First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to UN.[7]

Honours

Russian
Gusman with Ilham Aliyev.

Foreign

References
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  15. Президент Молдавии наградил Михаила Гусмана Орденом Почёта
  16. Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 20 мая 2020 года № 173 «О награждении»
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