BOGDANOV Mikhail Leonidovich

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born in 1952.

Graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1974.

Joined diplomatic service in 1974.

Held various diplomatic posts in the MFA headquarters and abroad.

1974-1977 - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

1977-1980-Lebanon.

1983-1989 and 1991-1994 - Syria.

1997-2002 - Ambassador to Israel.

2002-2005 - Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department, MFA.

2005-2011 - Ambassador to Egypt, Plenipotentiary Representative to the Arab

League.

Since June 2011 - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.

Holds diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Speaks Arabic and English.

Married, with a son.