Timerbaev Roland
Roland Timerbayev
Extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador, PhD in history, professor
Roland Timerbayev graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1949 and devoted more than 40 years of his life to diplomatic service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR and the Russian Federation. In 1992, he resigned from the post of permanent representative of the USSR and Russia under the international organizations in Vienna.
In 1974-1978, Timerbayev participated in the creation of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group. In 1995-1998, he was president of the PIR-Center and since 1999 has been the Council's chairman.
Roland Timerbayev is a key expert on non-proliferation and nuclear weapons control and is one of the authors of the Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty. He played an active role in developing a number of key international treaties in the nuclear sphere, including the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, the Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of the Outbreak of Nuclear War between the USSR and the U.S., the International Atomic Energy Agency's Safeguards System, the Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests, and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty.