Secretary General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

Tatiana Dovgalenko

Biography

Tatiana Dovgalenko graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (1996).

In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia since 1996. She held diplomatic positions at the Russian Embassy in France and the Permanent Mission of Russia to the OSCE in Vienna. In 2011–2016, Head of the European Union Branch of the Department of Pan-European Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in 2016–2023, Deputy Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO.

In 2023, she was appointed Deputy Director of the Department for Multilateral Humanitarian Cooperation and Cultural Relations of the Russian Foreign Ministry and Secretary General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.

She has the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the 1st class.

She speaks English and French.