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Mikhail Vitalievich Margelov (Михаил Витальевич Маргелов) (born December 22, 1964, Moscow, Russia), the current Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of Russia. He is a member of the United Russia party and has represented the Pskov region in the Federation Council since December 2000. He has been a member of the European Democrat Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2002 and is its current chairman.

Margelov graduated from the Institute of Countries of Asia and Africa, which is affiliated to Moscow State University.

He is married with two sons.

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