Vladimir Lukin

Vladimir Lukin
Vladimir Lukin
Владимир Лукин
	Lukin in 2011
Russian Federation Senator from Tver Oblast
	In office; 23 September 2016 – 26 September 2021
Preceded by	Viktor Abramov
Succeeded by	Lyudmila Skakovskaya
3rd Commissioner for Human Rights
	In office; 13 February 2004 – 18 March 2014
President	Vladimir Putin; Dmitry Medvedev; Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Oleg Mironov
Succeeded by	Ella Pamfilova
Ambassador of Russia to the United States
	In office; 24 January 1992 – 8 February 1994
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Viktor Komplektov
Succeeded by	Yuli Vorontsov
Personal details
Born	13 July 1937 (age 86); CPSU (1960–1991)
Alma mater	Moscow State Pedagogical University

Vladimir Petrovich Lukin, sometimes (rarely and erroneously) Lokin, (Russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Луки́н, romanized: Vladímir Petróvich Lukín; born 13 July 1937) is a Russian politician who served as Human Rights Commissioner of Russia from February 2004 to March 2014. He was the President of the Russian Paralympic Committee from 1997 to 2021.^[1]^[2] He was the Russian Ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1994.

Political activity

In 1990s, Lukin was one of the founders of the liberal-democratic

former Ambassador to the United States. He is considered a long-time specialist in U.S.-Soviet/Russian strategic arms control issues and is a member of Russia's Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

, an independent association of national security experts.

On 18 February 2009, at President Medvedev's recommendation, the Russian Duma voted him another five-year term as human rights commissioner. This term expired in March 2014, and Lukin was replaced by Ella Pamfilova.