In office since 2004, he is the Foreign Minister of Russia. Section of russian foreign ministry youtube International Economic Relations and the U. Lavrov was born on 21 March 1950 in Moscow, to an Armenian father and a Russian mother from Georgia. During his education at the MGIMO, Lavrov studied international relations.

During his summer vacations, Lavrov also worked in Khakassia, Tuva and the Russian Far East. Each semester Lavrov with his fellow students conducted drama performances, which were later presented on the main stage of the university. During the third year of his studies, Lavrov married. According to the rules of that time, a graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations had to work for the Foreign Ministry for a certain amount of time. Lavrov was employed in the Soviet embassy in Sri Lanka as an advisor, as he was already a specialist on the country. In 1976 Lavrov returned to Moscow.

He worked as a third and second secretary in the Section for the International Economic Relations of the USSR. There he was involved in analytics and his office also worked with various international organizations including the United Nations. In October 1990, Andrey Kozyrev, who led the control of the international organizations at the time, was named Foreign Minister of the Russian SFSR. On 9 March 2004, President Vladimir Putin appointed Lavrov to the post of minister of foreign affairs.