First Deputy Secretary General receives Congratulations

Today, December 4, the First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Svetlana Smirnova receives birthday greetings.

Colleagues, partners and friends of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly send their best wishes to Svetlana Konstantinovna.

The Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Anatoly Karpov congratulated the Head of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly: “With all my heart I wish you happiness, health, joy and, of course, new success and achievements in your professional activity. Long life to you in peace and prosperity!”

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Svetlana Konstantinovna Smirnova - First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples 'Assembly, Chairman of the Council of the Russian Peoples' Assembly, Doctor of Political Sciences, member of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation, Deputy of the State Duma of the III and IV convocations.

In 2013, she initiated the establishment of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, the First Congress of which was held on May 27-29, 2017 in Moscow. Representatives from 66 countries of the continent participated in the Congress.

At the founding meeting of the Eurasian Peoples 'Assembly on May 27, 2017, she was elected First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the International Union of Non-Governmental Organizations “Eurasian Peoples' Assembly”.

She is the author and editor of scientific publications on the issues of Eurasian integration, the role of civil society institutions in harmonizing intercultural and interethnic relations, the role of public diplomacy in Eurasian integration, youth policy, interethnic and ethno-state relations.

Svetlana Konstantinovna has extensive experience in realizing projects in the field of humanitarian cooperation, interethnic and intercultural dialogue, public diplomacy and Eurasian integration.

Awards: Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” II degree, Medal “In memory of the 200th anniversary of the Ministry of Justice of Russia”, badge “200 years of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia”, Medal “In memory of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan”, Jubilee Sign “10 years of the State Duma Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”, the Jubilee Medal “400 years to the city of Tomsk”, the Medal “For Merit” of the Volga Cossack Army, the Order of Merit.