Yuli Vorontsov | |
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Юлий Воронцов | |
.jpg) Vorontsov in 2006 | |
| Russian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 23 July 1994 – 16 December 1998 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Lukin |
| Succeeded by | Yuri Ushakov |
| Soviet/Russia Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office 18 April 1990 – 23 July 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Belonogov |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Lavrov |
| Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office 14 October 1988 – 15 September 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Yegorychev |
| Succeeded by | Boris Pastukhov |
| Soviet Ambassador to France | |
| In office 20 January 1983 – 19 June 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Stepan Chervonenko |
| Succeeded by | Yakov Ryabov |
| Soviet Ambassador to India | |
| In office 24 December 1977 – 20 January 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Viktor Maltsev |
| Succeeded by | Vasily Rykov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1929-10-07)7 October 1929 |
| Died | 12 December 2007(2007-12-12) (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Alma mater | MGIMO |
| Profession | Diplomat |
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Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov (alsoYuliy Vorontsov;Russian:Юлий Михайлович Воронцов; October 7, 1929 – December 12, 2007) was aSoviet andRussian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs (Moscow).[1] In the mid-1970s, he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington under AmbassadorDobrynin.[2] He was then Ambassador toIndia (1978–1983) and France (1983–1986).[2] He returned to Moscow to be the first deputy foreign minister (1986–1990) and participated in arms reduction talks with the United States.[1][2] From 1988 to 1989, he was simultaneously theAmbassador to Afghanistan as Soviet troopswithdrew from the country.[1] He then served as the lastSoviet ambassador to United Nations between 1990 and 1991 and as the first Russian Permanent Representative to the UN from 1991 to 1994.[1] After this, he served as theRussian ambassador to the United States from 1994 to 1998.[1][2] In 2000, Vorontsov was chosen as the high-level coordinator for issues related to a paragraph ofUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1284 which once again required Iraq to face "its obligations regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains, [and] the return of all Kuwaiti property [...] seized by Iraq" (during theinvasion of Kuwait).[2][3]
| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by | Russian Ambassador to the United States 23 July 1994 – 16 December 1998 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by (New creation) | Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations 1991 - 1994 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations 1990 - 1991 | Succeeded by (Position abolished) |
