Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov (; 4 October, 1919 – 7 June, 2011) was a Russian diplomat and ambassador of the Soviet Union.
Lavrov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and defended a habilitation in historical sciences. He took the following diplomatic positions:
1947–1952 – official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1952–1953 – First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to the United Kingdom 1953–1956 – assistant to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union 1956–1959 – adviser at the Soviet Embassy to the United States 1959–1960 – curator of Soviet-Yemen relations 1960–1964 – senior official at the European division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1964–1967 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Kenya 1967–1973 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands 1973–1977 – director of the Personnel Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1977–1983 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Switzerland 1983–1987 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Turkey
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Лавров Владимир Сергеевич. knowbysight.info О кончине Лаврова В.С. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs