Andrei Karlov
Andrei Karlov | |
|---|---|
Андрей Карлов | |
Karlov in 2016 | |
| Russian Ambassador to Turkey | |
| In office 12 July 2013 – 19 December 2016 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Ivanovsky |
| Succeeded by | Alexei Yerkhov |
| Russian Ambassador to North Korea | |
| In office 9 July 2001 – 20 December 2006 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Valery Denisov |
| Succeeded by | Valery Sukhinin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov 4 February 1954 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 December 2016 (aged 62) Ankara, Turkey |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Spouse |
Marina Mikhailovna (m. 1975) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) |
Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Карлов; 4 February 1954 – 19 December 2016) was a Russian diplomat who served as the Russian ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the Russian ambassador to North Korea.
On the evening of 19 December 2016, while speaking at an art gallery exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, he was shot to death by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish policeman.