Ambassador
Andrey Tatarinov
born 1951
Education: Higher
Graduated from: the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1973, speaks Vietnamese, English and French
Diplomatic rank – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Entered diplomatic service in 1973
1973-1977 – Embassy of the USSR in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1982-1988 – Embassy of the USSR in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1992-1997 – Minister-Counsellor, Russian Embassy in Thailand
1997-2001 – Deputy Director, Department of Personnel, MFA of Russia
2001-2004 – Russian Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
2004-2008 – Deputy Director of the Department of ASEAN Member States and Common Asian Problems of the MFA of Russia; Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia to ASEAN Member States and South Pacific Countries
2008 – Director, Department of Asia-Pacific Cooperation, MFA of Russia
2008-2012 – Russian Ambassador to New Zealand
2012-2015 – Director, Third Department of Asia, MFA of Russia
2015 – Russian Ambassador to Singapore
Decorations:
1980 г. – medal «For Labour Valour»
2002 г. – Certificate of Honour of MFA of Russia
2011 г. – Order of Honour
Married with a son