| As the Foreign Ministry told Vremya Novostey yesterday, Mikhail Leonidovich Bogdanov was appointed Russian Ambassador to Egypt by decree of President Vladimir Putin. For the last three years, he served as director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Mikhail Bogdanov was born on March 2, 1952, graduated from MGIMO, worked in Yemen, Lebanon, and Syria. From 1997 to 2002 he was ambassador to Israel. He was awarded the Order of Friendship and has the title of Honorary Worker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Speaks Arabic and English. Married, has a son. One of my hobbies is playing basketball. According to VN, Mr. Bogdanov will leave for Cairo in the middle of the month. Elena SUPONINA
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