Valerian Shuvaev
{{Short description|Russian diplomat (1955–2024)}}
{{Expand Russian|topic=bio|Шуваев, Валерьян Владимирович|date=July 2024}}
{{Short description|Russian diplomat (1951–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = {{nobold|Валерьян Шуваев}}
| native_name_lang = ru
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| office = Ambassador of Russia to Algeria
| president = Vladimir Putin
| term_start = {{Start date|2022|5|27|df=y}}
| term_end = {{End date|2024|7|3|df=y}}
| predecessor = {{ill|Igor Alekseyevich Belyayev|ru|Беляев, Игорь Алексеевич|lt=Igor Belyayev}}
| successor = {{ill|Aleksey Vladimirovich Solomatin|ru|Соломатин, Алексей Владимирович|lt=Aleksey Solomatin}}
| office1 = Ambassador of Russia to Morocco
| minister1 =
| term_start1 = 24 April 2018
| term_end1 = 27 May 2022
| predecessor1 = {{interlanguage link|Valery Vorobyov|ru|Воробьёв, Валерий Павлович}}
| successor1 = {{interlanguage link|Vladimir Baybakov|ru|Байбаков, Владимир Викторович}}
| office2 = Ambassador of Russia to Iraq
| minister2 =
| term_start2 = 16 October 2008
| term_end2 = 2 March 2012
| predecessor2 = {{interlanguage link|Vladimir Chamov|ru|Чамов, Владимир Васильевич}}
| successor2 = {{interlanguage link|Ilya Morgunov|ru|Моргунов, Илья Анатольевич}}
| office3 = Ambassador of Russia to Libya
| minister3 =
| term_start3 = 13 February 2004
| term_end3 = 16 October 2008
| predecessor3 = Sergei Kirpichenko
| successor3 = {{interlanguage link|Vladimir Chamov|ru|Чамов, Владимир Васильевич}}
| birth_name = Valerian Vladimirovich Shuvaev
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1955|3|16}}
| birth_place = Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2024|7|3|1955|3|16}}
| death_place = Algiers, Algeria
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| alma_mater = Moscow State Institute of International Relations
| awards = Order of Courage
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Valerian Vladimirovich Shuvaev ({{langx|ru|Валерьян Владимирович Шуваев}}; 16 March 1955 – 3 July 2024) was a Russian diplomat. He worked in a number of North African and Middle Eastern countries, and served as ambassador of Russia to Libya between 2004 and 2008, to Iraq between 2008 and 2012, to Morocco between 2018 and 2022, and to Algeria from 2022 until his death in 2024.
Biography
Shuvaev was born on 16 March 1955 in Barnaul, in what was then the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. He graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1977, and was assigned to the Soviet embassy in Lebanon.{{cite web|url=https://mid.ru/ru/activity/shots/vnutrivedomstvennye_novosti/nekrologi_pamyati_kolleg/1960599/|title=О кончине В.В.Шуваева|publisher=Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=3 July 2024|language=Russian}} He worked there between 1977 and 1981, and again between 1986 and 1991. From 1992 until 1995, he was a department head in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Middle East and North Africa Department, and then minister-counselor at the Russian embassy in Morocco from 1995 until 1998. He once again returned to Russia to serve as a department head and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department until 2004.
Shuvaev was the Russian ambassador to Libya between 2004 and 2008, and then ambassador to Iraq between 2008 and 2012. This was followed with another posting in the central apparatus of the ministry, again as a department head and deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Department until 2018. That year he was appointed ambassador to Morocco until 2022, and then ambassador to Algeria in May 2022. He was serving as such when he died in Algiers on 3 July 2024, at the age of 69.{{cite news|url=https://www.lopinion.ma/Deces-de-l-ancien-ambassadeur-de-la-Russie-au-Maroc_a55882.html|title=L'ancien ambassadeur de la Fédération de Russie au Maroc, récemment nommé en Algérie, Valerian Shuvaev, est mort à l'âge 69 ans|newspaper=L'Opinion|date=3 July 2024|language=French|accessdate=21 April 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://ria.ru/20240703/shuvaev-1957106303.html|title=Умер посол России в Алжире Шуваев|publisher=RIA Novosti|date=3 July 2024|language=Russian|accessdate=21 April 2025}}
Shuvaev had the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and had been awarded the Order of Courage. He had received an official letter of thanks from the President of Russia, and had the title of {{ill|Honorary Worker of the Russian Foreign Ministry|ru|Почётный работник Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации}}. He was married, with two children.{{cite web|url=https://algerie.mid.ru/upload/iblock/004/qt9hoopt9ro28765ewj9hycufuoqin3k.pdf|title=БИОГРАФИЧЕСКАЯ СПРАВКА|publisher=Embassy of Russia in Algeria|language=Russian|accessdate=21 April 2025}} In addition to his native Russian, he also spoke French and Arabic.
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Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Iraq
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Algeria
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Libya
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Morocco
Category:Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
Category:Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni