- Yuri Merzlyakov
Yuri Merzlyakov ( _ru. Юрий Николаевич Мерзляков; born 9 April 1949) is a
Russia n diplomat, one of the current 3 co-chairmen of theOSCE Minsk Group .Yuri Merzlyakov graduated from
MGIMO in 1971 and Diplomatic Academy of theUSSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979, and worked at various positions in the central offices of the Soviet and Russian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic missions abroad. In 1998-1999 he held the position of the special envoy at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Working Group on theCaspian Sea .Yuri Merzlyakov has a rank of the 1st class
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary , speaks English, French andSwahili . He is married and has a daughter.References
* [http://www.regnum.ru/news/151054.html Biography]
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