Among MGIMO graduates – presidents, foreign ministers, prime ministers, ambassadors of Russia and foreign countries.
MGIMO Eminent Graduates State and public figures
Ilham Aliyev
President of Azerbaijan
Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev
President of Kazakhstan
Sergey Lavrov
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Miroslav Lajcak
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia
Maroš Šefčovič
European Commissioner for the Energy Union
Irina Bokova
Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017)
Štefan Füle
European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy (2010–2014)
Munkh-Orgil Tsend
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
Yury Fedotov
Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Sergei Prikhodko
Aide to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Anton Vaino
Head of the Presidential Administration
Konstantin Kosachev
Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs
Yuri Ushakov
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
Boris Titov
Entrepreneurs’ Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Board of Founders of All-Russian Public Organization “Business Russia”
Vladimir Medinsky
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
Representatives of big business
Alisher Usmanov
Founder of “USM Holdings”, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Vladimir Potanin
CEO of “Interros”, CEO and Chairman of the Board of “Norilsk Nickel” MMC, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Patokh Chodiev
Board member of the Eurasian Bank, Co-owner of “ENRC” PLC (Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation) and “IMR” (International Mineral Resources) companies
Mikhail Kuzovlev
First Deputy Chairman — Member of the Board, State Development Corporation VEB.RF
Sergey Mikhailov
CEO of TASS
Dmitry Konov
Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC SIBUR Holding
