Valery Loshchinin

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| native_name = {{nobold|Валерий Лощинин}}

| native_name_lang = ru

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| caption = Loshchinin in 2005

| office = Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva

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| term_start = 26 December 2005

| term_end = 5 December 2011

| predecessor = Leonid Skotnikov

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| successor = {{interlanguage link|Aleksey Borodavkin|ru|Бородавкин, Алексей Николаевич}}

| office2 = Permanent Representative of Russia to the Conference on Disarmament

| president2 =

| term_start2 = 26 December 2005

| term_end2 = 5 December 2011

| predecessor2 = Leonid Skotnikov

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| successor2 = {{interlanguage link|Aleksey Borodavkin|ru|Бородавкин, Алексей Николаевич}}

| office3 = Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna

| president3 =

| term_start3 = 18 March 1999

| term_end3 = 7 April 2001

| predecessor3 = {{interlanguage link|Oleg Sokolev|ru|Соколов, Олег Михайлович (дипломат)}}

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| successor3 = {{interlanguage link|Grigory Berdennikov|ru|Берденников, Григорий Витальевич}}

| office4 = Ambassador of Russia to Belarus

| president4 =

| term_start4 = 25 November 1996

| term_end4 = 24 February 1999

| predecessor4 = {{interlanguage link|Igor Saprykin (diplomat)|ru|Сапрыкин, Игорь Александрович|lt=Igor Saprykin }}

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| successor4 = Vyacheslav Dolgov

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1940|9|11}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|3|14|1940|9|11}}

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| alma_mater = Belarusian State University
Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

| awards = Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Third and Fourth Class
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Order of Friendship
Order of the Friendship of Peoples (Belarus)
Order of Honor (Belarus)

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Valery Vasilyevich Loshchinin ({{langx|ru|Валерий Васильевич Лощинин}}; 11 September 1940 – 14 March 2023) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He served in various diplomatic roles from 1965 onwards, and was Ambassador of Russia to Belarus between 1996 and 1999, and Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna from 1999 to 2001. He was also a deputy minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2005, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, and concurrently Permanent Representative of Russia to the Conference on Disarmament, from 2005 to 2011.

Career

Loshchinin was born on 11 September 1940, in Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union.{{cite web|url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/activity/shots/vnutrivedomstvennye_novosti/nekrologi_pamyati_kolleg/1857980/|title=О кончине В.В.Лощинина|publisher=Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|language=Russian|date=14 March 2023|accessdate=14 March 2023}} He graduated from the Belarusian State University in 1964, and the following year entered the Soviet diplomatic service as an employee of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1965, becoming third secretary there.{{cite web|first=Abdulla|last=Sharikov|url=https://www.kp.ru/online/news/5179896/|title=Умер Валерий Лощинин, чрезвычайный и полномочный посол России в отставке|publisher=Komsomolskaya Pravda|language=Russian|date=14 March 2023|accessdate=14 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.labyrinth.ru/content/card.asp?cardid=62344|title=ЛОЩИНИН Валерий Васильевич|website=labyrinth.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=14 March 2023}} Loshchinin studied at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, graduating in 1977, and joining the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs that year.{{cite web|url=http://eurasian-defence.ru/?q=node/8397|title=Лощинин Валерий Васильевич|publisher=Moscow State Institute of International Relations|language=Russian|accessdate=14 March 2023}} Between 1989 and 1995 he was deputy Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation, to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.

From 1995 to 1996, Loshchinin was director of the Foreign Ministry's Second European Department. This was followed by a posting from 25 November 1996 to 24 February 1999 as an ambassador of Russia to Belarus.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25.11.1996 г. № 1603|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/10277|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=25 November 1996 |accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24.02.1999 г. № 242|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13487|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=24 February 1999 |accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}} From 18 March 1999 to 7 April 2001, Loshchinin was the Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 18.03.1999 г. № 360|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13599|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=18 March 1999 |accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 07.04.2001 г. № 409|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16788|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=7 April 2001|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}

On 7 April 2001, Loshchinin was appointed a deputy minister of Foreign Affairs.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 07.04.2001 г. № 405|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16790|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=7 April 2001|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}} On 17 October 2001, he was appointed a secretary of state in this role.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17.10.2001 г. № 1238|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/17468|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=17 October 2001|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}} On 22 February 2002, he was further promoted to become First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 22.02.2002 г. № 202|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/17870|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=22 February 2002 |accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}} He had responsibility for supervising bilateral relations with the Commonwealth of Independent States countries, relations with the Federal Assembly, and the federal subjects of Russia, socio-political organizations, personnel, consular issues, and issues of state protocol. He was released from this work on 26 December 2005, and was that same day appointed the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, and concurrently Permanent Representative of Russia to the Conference on Disarmament.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26.12.2005 г. № 1527|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/23260|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=26 December 2005|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26.12.2005 г. № 1529|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/23262|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=26 December 2005|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}} He held this post until 5 December 2011.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.12.2011 г. № 1583|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/34404|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=5 December 2011|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}

After retiring from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Loshchinin served as assistant to the Chairman of the Federation Council from 2012 until 2015.

Loshchinin died on 14 March 2023, at the age of 82. Loshchinin's obituary by the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that he was "an outstanding diplomat and statesman." In addition to his native Russian, Loshchinin spoke English and French.

Honours and awards

Over his career Loshchinin had received several awards and honours. He received the Order of Friendship on 5 April 1999, and the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Fourth Class on 21 September 2003.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.04.1999 г. № 425|url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13674|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=5 April 1999|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21.09.2003 г. № 1079|url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/19962|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=21 September 2003|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}} He received the next level of the award, the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Third Class, on 12 March 2010.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12.03.2010 г. № 302|url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/30754|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=12 March 2010|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}} On 8 September 2015, he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 08.09.2015 № 451|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201509130002?index=8&rangeSize=1|publisher=pravo.gov.ru|date=8 September 2015|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}

Belarus awarded Loshchinin their Order of the Friendship of Peoples on 25 August 2005, and on 9 December 2015 he was awarded the Belarusian Order of Honor, receiving the award from the Belarusian ambassador to Russia Igor Petrishenko at a ceremony at the Embassy of Belarus, Moscow on 11 February 2016.{{cite web|url=https://pravo.by/document/?guid=2012&oldDoc=2005-137%2F2005-137%28007-019%29.pdf&oldDocPage=8|title=Аб узнагароджанні В.В.Лашчыніна ордэнам Дружбы народаў|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)|language=Russian|date=26 August 2005|accessdate=14 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://mfa.gov.by/press/news_mfa/c6907a90fd4a931e.html|title=О вручении ордена Почета бывшему Послу России в Беларуси Валерию Лощинину Источник|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)|language=Russian|date=12 February 2016|accessdate=14 March 2023}} Loshchinin also received the honorary title {{ill|Honoured Worker of the Diplomatic Service of Russia|ru|Заслуженный работник дипломатической службы Российской Федерации}}, on 10 February 2012.{{cite web|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 10.02.2012 № 160 |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201202100009?index=1&rangeSize=1|publisher=pravo.gov.ru|date=10 February 2012|accessdate=15 March 2023|language=Russian}}

References

Category:1940 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:Diplomats from Moscow

Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Belarus

Category:Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation alumni

Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

Category:Recipients of the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow

Category:Belarusian State University alumni

Category:Permanent representatives of Russia to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Category:Permanent representatives to the United Nations in Vienna