Biography
Andrei Kozyrev since childhood was a quiet, intelligent and restrained, which did not prevent a brilliant career and become the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He became famous for his ambiguous reputation and desire to establish allied relations with Western countries.Childhood and youth
Andrei Kozyrev was born on March 27, 1951. The Belgian capital of Brussels became the place of birth, where his father was in a long business trip. But citizenship of the boy received Soviet - he lived in a foreign country only 2.5 months, after which he returned to the USSR, where he spent the early years of biography.
In adolescence, Andrei was fond of technical sciences, so after school decided to enter the Physics and Technology Faculty of Moscow State University (Moscow State University), which turned out to be unable. Therefore, the young man went to the cunning and received an employment experience at the "Communar" factory, which made it possible to get into MGIMO on benefits. True, the specialty has chosen another - international relations.
Personal life
The first marriage of Kozyrev ended with a divorce, but he managed to preserve a good relationship with his wife, from which Natalia's daughter was born. During work in the Foreign Ministry, a man met his second wife Elena Kozyrev, which from the first meeting awakened interest in it. Soon the lovers got married and became the parents of Andrei's son. The woman took care of the house and child while the politician built a career. There is no information about other details of the personal life.Career
Goatrev received the first job at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanks to influential friends. But on this, the support from their part is over, and for several years Andrei was as a referentist, without the opportunity to advance through the career ladder.
During this time, the future minister defended his dissertation and managed to visit the US business trip, which made an unforgettable impression on him. The guy struck the abundance of products on the shelves of supermarkets, which attend ordinary citizens. Then he had a disgust for the Politics of the USSR and the ideals of communism, and, according to his beliefs, Andrei became an "anti-Sovetcher".
Despite this, Kozyrev continued to work in the Office of International Organizations of the USSR Foreign Ministry. He managed to show himself a diligent worker and advance in service. The man was attache, then went away from the third to the first secretary, worked as an adviser until he was headed by the organization in 1989.
True, after a year he left the position, because he was able to become the Russian Foreign Minister under President Boris Yeltsin. In addition, he was an emergency and authorized ambassador, consisted of the Security Council and participated in the adoption of foreign policy decisions.
During this period, among the goals and objectives of the diplomat, there were strengthening of relations with the countries of the West, the economic growth of the state, as well as the popularization of Russian culture and language in the world. But not all of the planned managed to implement, but some actions of the minister and at all caused criticism. Therefore, after a few years after the appointment, he decided to voluntarily resign, but continued to engage in politics. The man was a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly I and II conveners.
Business and emigration
In the late 90s, Kozyrev decided to go business. He joined the Board of Directors of the American Pharmaceutical Company ICN Pharmaceuticals, then she was her vice president and general director of Eastern Europe.
Parallel Andrei was listed on the Board of Directors of Investorgbank, but in 2012 he left the post and decided to immigrate in the United States. There he dedicated time to reading books about democracy. Setting up in Miami, the former minister repeatedly published articles with criticism of Russian politics.
So, in 2016, a man had a conflict with Vladimir Putin. He accused the President of the Russian Federation in violating agreements with Ukraine and the illegal assignment of the Crimea. And 3 years later, the Ex-Minister published an article in New York Times, which called for the impeachment Donald Trump and indicated the implanting facts about Russia.
Andrei Kozyrev now
In 2020, a man remains an authoritative global expert on political issues, but rarely pleases the public with its appearances and new photos. Now he is engaged in teaching and continues to conduct business.