Nataliya Nikonorova
Natalia Nikonorova | |
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Наталья Никоноровa | |
| Russian Federation Senator from the Donetsk People's Republic | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Denis Pushilin |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic | |
| In office 23 February 2016 – 19 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Kofman |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1984 Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now disputed) |
| Political party | Donetsk Republic |
Natalia Yurievna Nikonorova (Russian: Наталья Юрьевна Никонорова, romanized: Natalja Jurjevna Nikonorova; Ukrainian: Наталія Юріївна Никонорова, romanized: Nataliya Yuriyivna Nykonorova; born on 28 September 1984) is a Ukrainian-Russian politician, who serves as the Russian Federation Senator from the Donetsk People's Republic since 2022. She previously served as the republic's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 until its widely internationally unrecognised annexation by Russia in 2022.
As Foreign Minister, Nikonorova represented her region at the Trilateral Contact Group.