Olga Yakovlevna Ivanova
Olga Ivanova | |
|---|---|
| Russian Ambassador to Mauritius | |
| In office 12 February 2004 – 20 April 2011 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Valery Nesterushkin |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Nikiforov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1945 |
| Alma mater | MGIMO |
Olga Yakovlevna Ivanova (Russian: Ольга Яковлевна Иванова) (born 1945)[1] is a career diplomat who was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Mauritius.[2]
Ivanova graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1968, and worked in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad. From 1992 – 1995 Ivanova worked in the Department of International Humanitarian and Cultural Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1995 – 1999 was an adviser at the Permanent Mission of Russia to UNESCO in Paris, France.[1]
In February 2004, Ivanova made history when she was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Mauritius. Her posting to Mauritius was the first time in the history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that a woman was posted as an ambassador to a foreign nation.[1][3]
Retired in 2011.[4]
Ivanova speaks Russian, English, and Arabic.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Иванова Ольга Яковлевна (in Russian). Information-Analytical Portal "Heritage". Retrieved 2008-08-04. [dead link]
- ^ Маврикий (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "December 7. The guest of our studio - Alexander Panov – President of the Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy". Voice of Russia. 7 December 2006. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^ "Фонд ветеранов дипломатической службы". dsvf.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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