Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak
| Sergey Kislyak | |
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Kislyak in December 2016
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| Russian Ambassador to the United States | |
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Assumed office 26 July 2008 |
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| President |
Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Yuri Ushakov |
| Succeeded by | Anatoly Antonov (Designate) |
| Russian Ambassador to Belgium | |
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In office 25 February 1998 – 28 May 2003 |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Vitaly Churkin |
| Succeeded by | Yury Alekseyevich Glukhov |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak Сергей Иванович Кисляк 7 September 1950 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Moscow Engineering Physics Institute |
Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Кисля́к; IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ kʲɪˈslʲak]; born 7 September 1950) is a Russian senior diplomat who has served as Russia's Ambassador to the United States since 2008. From 2003–2008, he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1998–2003, he served as Russia's Ambassador to Belgium and Russia's Head of Mission to NATO.
Kislyak is the outgoing ambassador to the United States and is expected to be replaced by Anatoly Antonov, the current Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in July 2017. Russia has reportedly nominated Kislyak for a new position at the United Nations dealing with counterterrorism.
Kislyak is Russia's top presence in the U.S. and has become a key figure in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, receiving significant media coverage.CNN dubbed Kislyak "the diplomat's diplomat". Kislyak also has denied that Russia was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, while Kislyak's meetings with advisers to then President-elect Donald Trump are under investigation by U.S. intelligence officials. In May 2017, Trump held a meeting with Kislyak and Sergei Lavrov and allegedly disclosed classified information about ISIS, which was leaked to the press.
Kislyak was born in Moscow to Ukrainian parents. Kislyak graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1973 and the USSR Academy of Foreign Trade in 1977. He is fluent in English and French.
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