Moscow State Institute for International Relations
Moscow State Institute for International Relations | |
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founding | 1944 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Moscow |
country | Russia |
Website | mgimo.ru |
The Moscow State Institute of International Relations (short MGIMO or МГИМО for Russian Московский государственный институт международных отношений МИД России , also abbreviated MIMO) is a University of the Russian Federation to train young diplomats .
The state institute , founded in 1944, is subordinate to the Russian Foreign Ministry and today has the status of a university . In addition to Russian students, foreign students are also trained here. The MGIMO is considered one of the leading universities in the training of future political elites (“ cadre forge ”).
Among others, Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Margaret Thatcher were honored with an honorary doctorate from the MGIMO.
Faculties and training areas
- International Relations
- international law
- international economic Relations
- Political science
- International journalism
- European law
- International business and business administration
Well-known alumni
(in brackets the study period)
- İlham Əliyev , Azerbaijani President
- Irina Bokowa (1971–1976), Bulgarian politician, UNESCO President
- Valentin Falin (1945–1950), Soviet diplomat, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (1971–1978)
- Štefan Füle (1981–1986), Czech diplomat, minister and EU commissioner
- Kirsan Ilyumschinow , Kalmyk President and head of the World Chess Federation
- Jaromír Johanes (1952–1958), Czechoslovak diplomat and foreign minister
- Gennady Karponosov , Russian figure skater
- Wladimir Kotenjow , Russian Ambassador to Germany (2004-2010)
- Andrei Kozyrev (1969–1974), Russian Foreign Minister
- Ján Kubiš (1971–1976), OSCE Secretary, Slovak Foreign Minister
- Sergei Lavrov , Russian Foreign Minister
- Miroslav Lajčák , Slovak Foreign Minister
- Andrei Lukanov , Bulgarian Prime Minister
- Petar Mladenow , former high-ranking politician in Bulgaria
- Edward Nalbandjan , Armenian Foreign Minister
- Natalja Narotschnitskaja , Soviet or Russian diplomat
- Elshad Nassirov , Marketing Vice President at SOCAR and Vice President of the Azerbaijani Football Association
- Vladimir Potanin , Russian politician and oligarch
- Štefan Rozkopál , Slovak diplomat and civil servant
- Michal Slivovič , Slovak diplomat
- Xenija Sobchak , Russian It girl
- Qassym-Shomart Toqayev , Kazakh politician
- Vitaly Churkin , Russian UN Ambassador
- Alisher Usmanov , Russian oligarch, President of the World Fencing Federation
- Lyudmila Georgievna Vorobyova , Russian diplomat
- Shan Widenow , Bulgarian Prime Minister
literature
- Klaus Kapr: Excursus: Study of International Relations in Moscow (1973–1978) , in: Erhard Crome (Ed.): The Babelsberger Diplomatenschule - The Institute for International Relations of the GDR , Potsdam 2009, pp. 89–96.
Web links
- MGIMO website (Russian, English)
- Alumni website
- German Association of Graduates and Friends of the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (DAIMO)
Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 20.2 ″ N , 37 ° 29 ′ 12.9 ″ E