Russian ambassador to Canada to speak at Rice’s Baker Institute

Russian ambassador to Canada to speak at Rice’s Baker Institute

FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS

Georgiy Mamedov, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Canada, will speak at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Oct. 18.

GEORGIY MAMEDOV

The lecture, “International Relations after the Cold War,” begins at 6 p.m. in James A. Baker III Hall’s Kelly International Conference Facility. A reception prior to the lecture begins at 5:30 p.m.

Mamedov was born in Moscow in 1947. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1970. He entered the diplomatic service in 1972 and was stationed at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., from 1972 to 1973, and again from 1977 to 1981. In 1991, he became the deputy minister of foreign affairs. Since 2003, he has served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada.
 
Mamedov holds a doctorate in history and speaks English and Swedish in addition to Russian.

Rice faculty, staff and students who want to attend must R.S.V.P. by e-mail to bipprsvp@rice.edu or by fax to 713-348-5993 by Oct. 15.