Aleksandr Aksenyonok

Aleksandr Georgiyevich Aksenyonok
Ambassador of Russia to Slovakia
In office
11 November 1998 – 14 August 2002
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Preceded bySergey Zotov
Succeeded byAleksey Borodavkin
Ambassador of the Soviet Union/Russia to Algeria
In office
19 February 1991 – 4 September 1995
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Preceded byVasily Taratuta
Succeeded byValery Yegoshkin
Personal details
Born (1942-04-10) 10 April 1942
Chermoz, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
EducationMoscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
ProfessionDiplomat
Awards Knight of the Order of the Double White Cross, 2nd Class
Honored Employee of the Diplomatic Service of the Russian Federation Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation

Aleksandr Georgiyevich Aksenyonok (Russian: Александр Георгиевич Аксенёнок; born 10 April 1942) is a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Biography

Aksenyonok is the son of legal scholar Georgy Aksenyonok (1910–1989). He was born in the town of Chyormoz (now in the Ilinsky District of Perm Krai). He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1965) and completed advanced training courses for senior diplomatic personnel at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1991). He holds a Candidate of Legal Sciences degree. He is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.[1]

Aksenyonok has been working in the diplomatic service since 1963. From 1963 to 1965, he was a translator at the Soviet embassy in Libya, and then from 1966 to 1968, worked in the embassy in Lebanon. From 1968 to 1971, he worked in the embassy in Iraq, and then from 1975 to 1978, in the embassy in Egypt. From 1978 to 1981, he worked at the Soviet embassy in the Yemen Arab Republic, and from 1984 to 1988, he was a Minister Counselor at the embassy in Syria. Between 1988 and 1990, he was a Chief Advisor, Deputy Head, and Head of the Department of Assessments and Planning of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then from 19 February to 25 December 1991, he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to Algeria.[2] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Aksenyonok served as Russian ambassador to Algeria between 25 December 1991, to 4 September 1995.[3]

From 1995 to 1996, Aksenyonok was a Chief Advisor to the First European Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1996 to 1998, he was an Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 11 November 1998, to 14 August 2002, he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Slovakia.[4][5]

Aksenyonok has been retired since 2002. Currently, he serves as a managing director in a department of Vnesheconombank and is a member of the Expert Council of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs.[1][6]

Family

Aksenyonok is married and has two children.

Awards

  • Gratitude of the President of the Republic of Croatia (15 January 1998) — "for his special contribution to the implementation of the peacekeeping mission of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES), as well as for active cooperation with the Croatian authorities and the local population, which successfully ended the peaceful reintegration of Croatian Danube into the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Croatia."[7]
  • Knight of the Order of the White Double Cross, 2nd Class (2002, Slovakia).
  • Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (21 September 2002) — "for active participation in the implementation of the foreign policy course of the Russian Federation and many years of conscientious work."[8]
  • Honored Employee of the Diplomatic Service of the Russian Federation (21 May 2025) — "for his great contribution to the implementation of the foreign policy course of the Russian Federation and many years of conscientious diplomatic service."[9]

Diplomatic Rank

References

  1. ^ a b c "Alexander Aksenenok. Profile". russiancouncil.ru. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Decree of the President of the USSR of 19 February 1991 No. UP-1486 "On the appointment of Comrade A. G. Aksenyonok as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR to the Algerian People's Democratic Republic"". libussr.ru. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 4 September 1995 No. 896 "On the dismissal of A. G. Aksenyonok from the duties of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Algerian People's Democratic Republic". graph.document.kremlin.ru. 4 September 1995. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 11 November 1998 No. 1353 "On the appointment of A. G. Aksenyonok as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Slovak Republic". graph.document.kremlin.ru. 11 November 1998. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 14 August 2002 No. 888 "On A. G. Aksenyonok". graph.document.kremlin.ru. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Committee of the Federation Council on International Affairs. Composition of the Expert Council". council.gov.ru. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Decision on the award of the Charter of Gratitude number: 01-051-98-19-1/2-1 od 15. siječnja 1998". narodne-novine.nn.hr. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Order of the President of the Russian Federation of 21 September 2002 No. 439-rp "On the encouragement of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation". graph.document.kremlin.ru. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 21 May 2025 No. 337 "On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation". publication.pravo.gov.ru. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Decree of the President of the USSR of 19 February 1991 No. UP-1487 "On assigning to Comrade A. G. Aksenenok the diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 1st class"". libussr.ru. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 18 October 1993 No. 1650 "On assigning to A. G. Aksenyonok the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary"". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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