Oleg Grinevsky

Oleg Grinevsky (Russian: Олег Алексеевич Гриневский) (born 12 November 1930 in Moscow, Russian SFSR is a Russian diplomat, former Ambassador to Sweden, political scientist, Cand.Sc. (history) and author.

Early life

Oleg Grinevsky was born in Moscow, Russia (former Soviet Union).

Diplomatic activity

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
• former Soviet security adviser to the Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin governments
• Graduated from MGIMO (Moscow State Institute for International Relations) in 1954.
• Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, USSR in 1957.
• Senior Adviser at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., 1954.
• 1983-1989 Head of the Soviet delegation at the Stockholm conference
• 1989-1991 Head of the Soviet delegation at the Vienna conference
• 1991-1997 Russian Ambassador to Sweden
• Since 1999 - scientist, political researcher, author of political and historical books
• Awarded the Swedish Order of the Polar Star (2009)

International conferences activity

• Participated in the numerous international conferences on security and nuclear security issues.

Sources

• http://www.vegapress.com/foreignauthorsbios.shtm
• http://www.eloquentbooks.com/MakingPeace.html
• http://www.ohio.edu/conhist/pastevent.html