Ambassador Vladimir Rakhmanin, born in 1958, became Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat in July 2008. Mr. Rakhmanin is Russian by nationality, and completed a Masters diploma in international relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1980. Mr. Rakhmanin has enjoyed a distinguished career in the Russian civil service, including appointments as the Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998–2000), Chief of Protocol of the President of the Russian Federation (2000–2002), and Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ireland (2002–2006).

Before becoming Deputy Secretary General, Vladimir Rakhmanin was Ambassador at Large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, chairing the Working Group on the Mechanism of Peace and Security in Northeast Asia of the Six-Party Talks

Six-party talks

The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.There has been a series of meetings with six participating states:* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea ;...

on Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

Throughout his career, Mr. Rakhmanin was involved in energy-related issues at the national and international (European and Asian) level, organised and participated in high-level events related to energy matters.

Mr. Rakhmanin speaks Russian, English and Chinese. He is married and has two sons and a daughter.

Career with the Russian Civil Service

• 1980–1982   Attaché, First Far East Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, Moscow
• 1982–1983   Third Secretary, Embassy of the Soviet Union in the People’s Republic of China, Beijing
• 1983–1986   Third Secretary, Embassy of the Soviet Union in the United States of America, Washington D.C.
• 1986–1992   Head of Secretariat of Deputy Foreign Minister of the USSR (Asia-Pacific Region), Moscow
• 1992–1996   Political Counsellor, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the United States of America, Washington D.C.
• 1996–1998   Deputy Director, First Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

   (relations with China, Republic of Korea, DPRK, Northeast Asia Security issues), Moscow

• 1998–2000   Director, Information and Press Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow
• 2000–2002   Chief of Protocol of the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow
• 2002–2006   Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Ireland, Dublin
• 2007–2008   Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow
• July 2008-   Deputy Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels

External links

• Energy Charter website - Deputy Secretary General's page