Andrei Karlov
Russian diplomat (1954–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Карлов; 4 February 1954 – 19 December 2016) was a Russian diplomat who served as the Russian ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the Russian ambassador to North Korea.[1]
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Gennadyevich and the family name is Karlov.
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Andrei Karlov | |
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Андрей Карлов | |
Russian Ambassador to Turkey | |
In office 12 July 2013 – 19 December 2016 | |
President | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Vladimir Ivanovsky |
Succeeded by | Alexei Yerkhov |
Russian Ambassador to North Korea | |
In office 9 July 2001 – 20 December 2006 | |
President | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Valery Denisov |
Succeeded by | Valery Sukhinin |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (1954-02-04)4 February 1954 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 19 December 2016(2016-12-19) (aged 62) Ankara, Turkey |
Manner of death | Assassination |
Spouse |
Marina Mikhailovna (m. 1975) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) |
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On the evening of 19 December 2016, while speaking at an art gallery exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, Karlov was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish policeman.[2][3]