Yury Grashchenkov Explained

Office:Ambassador of Russia to Benin
Term Start:30 June 2008
Term End:31 May 2013
Predecessor:Vladimir Timoshenko
Birth Date:11 July 1945
Alma Mater:Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Occupation:diplomat

Yury Grigoriyevich Grashchenkov (Russian: Юрий Григорьевич Гращенков) (born 1945)[1] is a career diplomat and the former ambassador of the Russian Federation to Benin.

Grashchenkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1974, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad.[1]

From 1999 to 2002, he was the Russian Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. On 30 June 2008 Grashchenkov was appointed by Dmitry Medvedev to the post of Ambassador of Russia to Benin, with concurrent accreditation to Togo.[1]

Grashchenkov speaks Russian, English, French and Khmer.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ru:Новые назначения . . . 2008-07-20 . ru.