Vladimir Lukin

Vladimir Lukin
Владимир Лукин
Lukin in 2011
Russian Federation Senator from Tver Oblast
In office
23 September 2016  26 September 2021
Preceded byViktor Abramov
Succeeded byLyudmila Skakovskaya
3rd Commissioner for Human Rights
In office
13 February 2004  18 March 2014
PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byOleg Mironov
Succeeded byElla Pamfilova
Ambassador of Russia to the United States
In office
24 January 1992  8 February 1994
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byViktor Komplektov
Succeeded byYuli Vorontsov
Personal details
Born (1937-07-13) 13 July 1937
Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political partyYabloko (co-founder; 1993–2004, 2016–2020)
Other political
affiliations
CPSU (1960–1991)
Alma materMoscow 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. He was the Russian Ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1994.