Valery Loshchinin

Valery Loshchinin
Валерий Лощинин
Loshchinin in 2005

Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
In office 26 December 2005 – 5 December 2011
Preceded by	Leonid Skotnikov
Succeeded by	Aleksey Borodavkin
Permanent Representative of Russia to the Conference on Disarmament
In office 26 December 2005 – 5 December 2011
Preceded by	Leonid Skotnikov
Succeeded by	Aleksey Borodavkin
Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna
In office 18 March 1999 – 7 April 2001
Preceded by	Oleg Sokolev
Succeeded by	Grigory Berdennikov
Ambassador of Russia to Belarus
In office 25 November 1996 – 24 February 1999
Preceded by	Igor Saprykin
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Dolgov

Personal details
Born	(1940-09-11)11 September 1940 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	14 March 2023(2023-03-14) (aged 82)
Alma mater	Belarusian State University Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Awards	Honored Employee of the Diplomatic Service of the Russian Federation; 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)

Valery Vasilyevich Loshchinin (Russian: 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.