Adamishin, A. L.

Anatoly Leonidovich Adamishin (Russian: Анатолий Леонидович Адамишин; born 11 October 1934) is a Russian diplomat, politician and businessman. Adamishin graduated from Moscow State University, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad. From 1986 to 1990, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, in charge of African, humanitarian and cultural affairs. From 1990 to 1992, Adamishin was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union, and then Russia, to Italy. Then, from 1992 until 1994, he became the 1st Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 12 December 1993 he was elected to the 1st State Duma by the list of Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin bloc. He remained in the position of Deputy Minister, and in this regard, he resigned as member of parliament on 11 May 1994. He did not attend the sessions, and was nominally a member of the Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots. From 1994 to 1997, Adamishin was the Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom. Adamishin speaks Russian, English, Italian, Ukrainian, and French.