Mikhail Gusman Explained

Honorific Suffix:OMRI
Mikhail Gusman
Birth Name:Mikhail Solomonovich Gusman
Birth Date:23 January 1950
Birth Place:Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Occupation:Journalist
Signature:File:Mikhail Gusman signature.png

Mikhail Solomonovich Gusman (Russian: Михаил Соломонович Гусман|link=no; ; born 23 January 1950) is a Soviet and Russian journalist and interviewer of Azerbaijani origins. He has served since 1999 as the First Deputy Director-General of TASS.

Life and career

Mikhail Gusman was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to military physician of the Caspian Flotilla Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Gusman and professor Lola Barsuk, who later became a translator and professor at the Azerbaijan University of Languages.

In 1970, he graduated from the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, and three years later, in 1973, he completed his studies at the Baku Higher Party School. From 1973 to 1986, he served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Youth Organizations of the Azerbaijan SSR in Baku. Subsequently, from 1986 to 1991, he held the positions of head of the information department and head of the press center of the Committee of Youth Organisations.[1] Between 1991 and 1995, he became the director of the General Directorate for Information Cooperation, known as "Infomol." Following this, he served as the vice-president of the international analytical agency "ANKOM-TASS" from 1995 to 1998. Later, in 1998 and 1999, he held the position of head of the Main Department of International Cooperation, Public Relations, and Special Projects at ITAR-TASS. From January to November 1999, he served as the Deputy General Director of ITAR-TASS. Since November 1999, he has been the First Deputy General Director of the TASS news agency (formerly known as ITAR-TASS until 1 October 2014).[2] Notably, during his tenure, starting from 16 November 2000, he also hosted the "Formula of Power" interview program, where he conducted interviews with world leaders.[3] [4]

He is the Executive Secretary of the World Association of Russian Press (WARP), the Secretary General of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), and the Vice President of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA).[5] Gusman is also a member of the Moscow Union of Journalists.[6]

Personal life

His older brother Yuli is an actor and film director who serves CEO of the Nika Award. He is married to Dzhema Gusman. His son Vadim (born 1978) has served as First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to UN.[7]

Honours

Russian

Foreign

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mikhail Gusman . 2023-07-22 . Roscongress Building Trust . en.
  2. Web site: 30 September 2014 . Бренд ТАСС с 1 октября возрождается на информационных лентах агентства . https://web.archive.org/web/20180628222424/http://tass.ru/novosti-agentstva/1476042 . 2018-06-28 . 2017-04-15 . ИТАР-ТАСС.
  3. Илья Огнев . . М. . 2000 . 213. 17 .
  4. Web site: 25 May 2002 . СВОЙ ПАРЕНЬ В ТВОЕМ ЯЩИКЕ. Персона крупным планом - "пиар" или пир телепублицистики? . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20020630201703/http://www.ortv.ru/win/ORT_PRESSA1.PRESSA?Parms=code%3D%2Fwin%2F~InTitle%3D~InDate%3D31.05.02~InId%3D14422 . 2002-06-30 . 2021-09-14 . Вёрсты.
  5. Web site: RIAC :: Mikhail Gusman . 2023-07-22 . russiancouncil.ru . en.
  6. Web site: Mikhail Solomonovich Gusman . 2023-07-22 . www.carnegiecouncil.org . en-US.
  7. Web site: First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to UN visited IEPF . 2023-07-22 . IEPF NGO . en.
  8. Web site: Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 января 2001 года № 53 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников средств массовой информации» . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702125703/http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16507 . 2019-07-02 . 2019-07-02.
  9. Web site: Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики от 19 января 2005 года № 583 "О награждении М. С. Гусмана орденом «Слава» . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702125703/http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/7317 . 2019-07-02 . 2019-07-02.
  10. http://www.president.az/articles.php?item_id=20100123120621953&sec_id=30 Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики «О награждении орденом „Достлуг“ М. С. Гусмана»
  11. Web site: Gusman Dott. Mikhail Solomonovich, Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. Президент Италии. 13 January 2017. 2017-09-28. 2017-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929044244/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=343566. live.
  12. Web site: Вручение государственной награды заместителю генерального директора ИТАР-ТАСС Михаилу Гусману. Посольство Италии в России. 27 September 2017. 2017-09-28. 2017-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929091331/http://www.ambmosca.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Mosca/ru/ambasciata/news/dall-ambasciata/onorificenza-a-mikhail-gusman-vice.html. live.
  13. https://ru.president.az/articles/35650 Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики от 23 января 2020 года о награждении М. С. Гусмана орденом «Шараф»
  14. Web site: Указ Президента Республики Молдова от 24 января 2020 года № 1437 "О награждении господина Михаила Гусмана орденом «Ordinul de Onoare» . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125201143/https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=121490&lang=ru . 2020-11-25 . 2020-05-30.
  15. https://tass.ru/obschestvo/7625681 Президент Молдавии наградил Михаила Гусмана Орденом Почёта
  16. http://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=P32000173&p1=1&p5=0 Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 20 мая 2020 года № 173 «О награждении»
  17. Web site: Лукашенко наградил Михаила Гусмана медалью Франциска Скорины. TUT.BY.
  18. Web site: Посол Казахстана вручил Михаилу Гусману орден "Дружбы" II степени согласно указу Токаева . https://web.archive.org/web/20210620193816/https://tass.ru/obschestvo/10893453 . 2021-06-20 . 2021-03-13.