Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak

Official Biography
Ambassador Sergey I. KISLYAK
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the U.S.

• Born in 1950.
• Graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1973, as well as from USSR Academy of Foreign Trade in 1977.
• Employee of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation since 1977.
• 1981-1985 – Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the UN in New York.
• 1985-1989 – First Secretary, Counselor of the Embassy of the USSR to the U.S.
• 1989-1991 – Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
• 1991-1993 – Deputy Director of the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry of the USSR/Russia.
• 1993-1995 – Director of the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry of Russia.
• 1995-1998 – Director of the Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament of the Foreign Ministry of Russia.
• 1998-2003 – Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Belgium and, simultaneously, Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO in Brussels, Belgium
• 2003-2008 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Holds a diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
• Speaks English and French.
• Married, with one adult daughter. 
• Met with now U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions twice during Trump 2016 campaign.