Mikhail Bogdanov

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation.

RIAC member.

Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Mr. Bogdanov started his career in the civil service in 1974.

He has held several positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both in Russia and abroad, including: the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, the Lebanese Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic. He has served as Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the State of Israel, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Arab Republic of Egypt and Plenipotentiary Representative to the League of Arab States.

June 2011: Appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

January 2012: Appointed Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East.

October 2014: Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa.

Mr. Bogdanov holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

He is fluent in Arabic and English.