Nikolay Afanasevsky

Nikolay Nikolaevich Afanasevsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич Афанасьевский) (1 October 1940 23 June 2005) was a Russian diplomat.[1]

Nikolay Afanasevsky
Russian Ambassador to Poland
In office
March 2002  23 June 2005
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded bySergey Razov
Succeeded byVladimir Grinin
Russian Ambassador to France
In office
18 December 1998  20 February 2002
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byYuri Ryzhov
Succeeded byAleksandr Avdeyev
Russian Ambassador to Belgium
In office
24 June 1990  3 October 1994
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Preceded byFeliks Bogdanov
Succeeded byVitaly Churkin
Personal details
Born(1940-10-01)October 1, 1940
Moscow, Soviet Union
DiedJune 23, 2005(2005-06-23) (aged 64)
Nationality Russia
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
OccupationDiplomat

Born in Moscow, Afanasevsky graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1964 and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad.[1]

From 1990 to 1992, he was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union in Belgium and continued as the Russian Ambassador until 1994. He served as Ambassador to France from January 1999 to March 2002, and was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Poland from March 2002 until his death in Warsaw on 23 June 2005.[1]

References

  1. Афанасьевский Николай Николаевич (in Russian). Information-Analytical Portal "Heritage". Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
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