Konstantin Kosachev
Konstantin Iosifovich Kosachev (Russian: Константин Иосифович Косачев; born 17 September 1962) is a Russian politician and former diplomat. He is a senator at the Federation Council (Russian parliament's upper house) and chairs its Foreign Affairs Committee. He has been on the US sanctions list since 2018.
Konstantin Kosachev | |
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Константин Косачев | |
Kosachev in 2018 | |
| Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2015 | |
| Russian Federation Senator from the Mari El Republic | |
| Assumed office 21 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Svetlana Solntseva |
| Russian Federation Senator from the Chuvash Republic | |
| In office 15 December 2014 – 15 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Galina Nikolayeva |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Fyodorov |
| Head of Rossotrudnichestvo | |
| In office 5 March 2012 – 22 December 2014 | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| In office 19 December 1999 – 21 December 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Konstantin Iosifovich Kosachev 17 September 1962 Moscow Oblast, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Lyudmila Kosachev |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Politician, diplomat |
After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Kosachev was a diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Sweden. He was elected to the State Duma in 1999. He was appointed head of Rossotrudnichestvo in 2012. In December 2014, he became a member of the Federation Council.
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