Ph.D. Vitaly I. CHURKIN Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, New York
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| 1974 | Graduated from the Moscow Institute for Foreign Affairs |
| 1981 | PhD in history from the USSR Diplomatic Academy |
| 1974 | Joined the USSR Foreign Ministry |
| 1974-1979 | Staff member of the USSR delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
| 1979-1982 | Third secretary, US desk, USSR Foreign Ministry |
| 1982-1987 | Second, first secretary, USSR Embassy in Washington DC |
| 1987-1989 | Staff member, International Department, CPSU Central Committee |
| 1989-1990 | Special adviser to the USSR Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1990-1991 | Director, Information Department, Spokesman of the USSR Foreign Ministry |
| 1992-1994 | Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation to the talks on Former Yugoslavia |
| 1994-1998 | Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Belgium, Liaison Ambassador to NATO and WEU |
| 1998-2003 | Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Canada |
| 2003-2006 | Ambassador at Large, MFA, Chairman of Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council, Senior Official of Russia at the Barents/Euro-Arctic Council |
| since 2006 | Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, Representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Security Council Diplomatic rank - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1990) |
