Andrei Karlov

Birth Name: Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov

Date of Birth: 4 February, 1954

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR (now Russia)

Date of Death: 19 December, 2016

Place of Death: Ankara, Turkey

Ethnicity: Russian

Andrei Karlov was a Russian diplomat. He served as the Russian Ambassador to North Korea, from 9 July, 2001 to 20 December, 2006, and to Turkey, from 12 July, 2013 to 19 December, 2016, when he was assassinated.

He was the son of Maria (maiden surname unknown) Karlova and Gennady Karlov.