Andrei Kozyrev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrei Kozyrev

Russian diplomat

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Andrey Vladimirovich Kozyrev (Russian: ?????´? ?????´??????? ??´?????; born 27 March 1951, Brussels, Belgium) is a Russian politician who served as the former and the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation under President Boris Yeltsin, in office from October 1991 until January 1996.
In his position he was credited with developing Russia's foreign policy immediately after the fall of the Soviet Union, although many in Russia have criticized him for being weak and not assertive enough in defending Russian interests in the face of the United States and NATO in places like Bosnia and Iraq.
For this he took a lot of criticism from the nationalist politicians and parties.
Kozyrev had graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) with a Ph.D.
in history before joining the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1974, holding various positions in it before being appointed foreign minister.