Alexander Kinshchak

Who is Alexander Kinshchak?

Alexander Alexandrovich Kinshchak is a Russian diplomat.

Kinshchak graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1988, and went on to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From 2002-2004 he was an adviser-envoy at the Embassy of Russia in Baghdad, and from 2006 was Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian foreign affairs ministry.

Kinshchak was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 January 2008 as Ambassador of Russia to Kuwait, and he presented his credentials to Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on 28 April 2008.

Kinshchak holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2nd-class, and speaks Russian, English and Arabic.