Anatoly Torkunov
| Anatoly Torkunov | |
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 Torkunov receiving his Order of Merit for the Fatherland from President Vladimir Putin in 2007. | |
| Born |
26 August 1950 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Nationality |
 Soviet Russian |
| Fields | International relations |
| Institutions | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Known for |
Diplomat, Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Notable awards |
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Anatoly Vasilyevich Torkunov (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Торкунов; born 26 August 1950) is a Soviet and Russian diplomat and international relations scholar.
The rector of Moscow's State Institute of International Relations, Torkunov is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Collegium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
He serves chairman of the United Nations Association of Russia.
Biography
Anatoly Torkunov was in Moscow in 1956 and graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1972.
Torkunov began teaching at the institute in 1974, while carrying out post-graduate work related to Africa and Asia. He was awarded the degree of candidate of sciences in history for a dissertation on the installation and consolidation of bureaucratic military rule in South Korea in 1977. He left the Institute of International Relations to work at the Soviet embassy in the United States, serving as second and first secretary in 1983-1986.
He resumed his academic work at the Institute upon returning to the Soviet Union, where he was promoted to professor in 1991. He became rector of the Institute in 1992 and was awarded the degree of doctor of political sciences in 1995.
Torkunov has praised the Russian Orthodox Church as an institution that "will play a decisive part in the dialog of civilizations" and has various ties between the church and the International Relations Institute during his rectorship.[1] The Institute's Church and International Relations Center was founded in 1997.[1]
Elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2003, he became full member of the Academy in 2008.
Torkunov holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary since 1993.
Since 2008 Rector Torkunov has been Co-Chairing Polish-Russian Group For Difficult Issues together with former Poland's Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld.
Honours and awards
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland
- 3rd class (14 May 2010) - for outstanding contribution to the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation and many years of diligent work, achievements in research and the teaching and training of highly qualified personnel
- 4th class (26 August 2000) - for outstanding contribution to the preparation of highly qualified and many years of honest work
- Order of Honour (21 October 2004) - for the great achievements in research and teaching and training of highly qualified specialists
- Order of Friendship (6 October 1997) - for outstanding contributions to strengthening the economy, social development and in connection with the 850 year anniversary of the foundation of Moscow
- Commander with star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Poland, 4 October 2010)
- Order of Friendship, 2nd class (Kazakhstan, 2007)
- Officer of the Order of Academic Palms (France, 2005)
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
- Order of St. Sergius, 2nd and 3rd classes (Russian Orthodox Church)
- Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 3rd class (Russian Orthodox Church)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Diplomats to Have Religious Training" (1 April 2005). Kommersant. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
External links
- Anatoly Torkunov's personal website
- Polish-Russian Group For Difficult Issues co-Chaired by Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations - Anatoly V. Torkunov and former Poland's Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld - 12 April 2011 and 23 February 2011 and 5 April 2010 and 29 January 2009 and 17 June 2008