Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak (Russian: Сергей Иванович Кисляк) (born 7 September 1950) is a Russian diplomat, and currently serves as the Russian Ambassador to the United States.
After graduating from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1973 and the USSR Academy of Foreign Trade in 1977, Kislyak joined the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]
From 1981 — 1985, Kislyak was the Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Soviet Union to the United Nations in New York City, and from 1985 — 1989 was First Secretary, Counsellor at the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Washington, D.C..
From 1989 — 1991 he was Deputy Director of the Department of International Organisations in the Soviet Foreign Ministry, and from 1991 — 1993 was Deputy Director of the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1993 — 1995 he was Director of the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation and from 1995 — 1998 he was Director of the Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament in the Russian Foreign Ministry.[1]
In 1998, Kislyak was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Belgium, and with residence in Brussels, also served as Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO.[1]
From 2003 — 2008 he served as Deputy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when he was appointed on 26 July 2008 by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as Ambassador of Russia to the United States.[2]