Vladimir Polyakov (diplomat)
Vladimir Porfiryevich Polyakov (Russian: Владимир Порфирьевич Поляков, 5 March 1931 – 16 June 2002) was a Soviet diplomat who served as Soviet ambassador to Egypt as well as Soviet Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He served as Soviet Ambassador to Egypt from 1974 until he was expelled by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in September 1981.[1] In 1983-1990 he served as head of the Middle East section of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sadat blames Soviet diplomats in Egypt for instigating unrest". The Christian Science Monitor. 17 September 1981. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022.
- ^ Senate Confirms Bush’s Choice to Head Bureau on Middle East
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- 1931 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century diplomats
- People from Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Soviet Union)
- Ambassadors of Russia to Egypt
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Egypt
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to South Yemen
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Sudan
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian diplomats
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