Valery Sukhinin
Valery Sukhinin | |
|---|---|
Валерий Сухинин | |
| Russian Ambassador to North Korea | |
| In office 20 December 2006 – 5 April 2012 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Andrei Karlov |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Timonin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1950 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Kim Il Sung University Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Awards | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" DPRK Order of Friendship |
Valery Yevgenyevich Sukhinin (Russian: Валерий Евгеньевич Сухинин; born 16 January 1950) is a Russian diplomat and Koreanist who served as the Russian Ambassador to North Korea from 2012 to 2014.