S. V. VERSHININ

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (from March, 2018), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1976) run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (MGIMO) and the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1991). In diplomatic service since 1976. Adviser-envoy of the Russian Federation Embassy in Tunisia (1993–1997). Division head in the Department of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (1997–2000). Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Algeria (1999–2003). Director of the Department of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2005–2018). He was awarded the Order of Friendship and the Order of Honour.