In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Gennadyevich and the family name is Karlov.
Andrei Karlov
HRF
Андрей Карлов
Karlov in 2016
Russian Ambassador to Turkey
In office 12 July 2013 – 19 December 2016
President
Vladimir Putin
Preceded by
Vladimir Ivanovsky
Succeeded by
Alexei Yerkhov
Russian Ambassador to North Korea
In office 9 July 2001 – 20 December 2006
President
Vladimir Putin
Preceded by
Valery Denisov
Succeeded by
Valery Sukhinin
Personal details
Born
Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov
(1954-02-04)4 February 1954 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
19 December 2016(2016-12-19) (aged 62) Ankara, Turkey
Manner of death
Assassination
Spouse
Marina Mikhailovna
(m. 1975)
Children
1
Alma mater
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Occupation
Diplomat
Awards
Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously)
Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Карлов; 4 February 1954 – 19 December 2016) was a Russian diplomat who served as the Russian ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the Russian ambassador to North Korea.[1]
On the evening of 19 December 2016, while speaking at an art gallery exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, Karlov was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish policeman.[2][3]
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^Arango, Tim; Gladstone, Rick (19 December 2016). "Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
"Убийство посла РФ в Анкаре. Хроника событий" [After the murder of the Russian Federation in Ankara. Chronicle of events]. ТАСС (in Russian). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
"Russische ambassadeur Turkije overlijdt na aanslag in Ankara". De Volkskrant. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
"Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara". Business Insider. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
^"Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov shot and injured in Turkey". BBC News. 19 December 2016.
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