Gennady Sizov
Soviet and Russian diplomat (1941–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gennady Vasilyevich Sizov (Russian: Геннадий Васильевич Сизов; 9 September 1941 – 14 October 2021) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He served in various diplomatic roles from 1971 onwards, and was ambassador of Russia to Bolivia between 1998 and 2003.
Gennady Sizov | |
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Геннадий Васильевич Сизов | |
Ambassador of Russia to Bolivia | |
In office 30 June 1998 – 11 July 2003 | |
Preceded by | Yury Nosenko [ru] |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Kulikov [ru] |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 September 1941 Aleksin, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 14 October 2021(2021-10-14) (aged 80) |
Resting place | Federal Military Memorial Cemetery |
Alma mater | Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Awards | Order of Friendship Medal "For Courage" [ru] |
Sizov initially trained and worked as a mechanic and technical engineer, before studying at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University, and joining the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971. He began a long association with Latin American countries, with his first overseas posting being to Ecuador. In the following years he served in the Soviet diplomatic missions to Uruguay and Cuba, with intervening periods in the Latin American Department in the ministry's central apparatus.
Sizov remained with the foreign ministry after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, now the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was minister-counselor to Tajikistan between 1994 and 1997. This period included the Tajikistani Civil War and the efforts to establish the Inter-Tajik Dialogue, and Sizov received several awards for his diplomatic service during this time. He was appointed ambassador of Russia to Bolivia in 1998, holding the position until 2003, and after a brief spell as deputy director of the Foreign Ministry's Security Department, he retired in 2004 with the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.