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2026

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10 nominations
15 country levels
5 regional levels
30 participants on the global level
5 official languages

About the competition

The international competition “Leader of Public Diplomacy” was established to identify and support public leaders from different countries whose activities are aimed at developing public diplomacy. Its key goal is to strengthen interethnic and interreligious peace, build trust and mutual understanding between peoples, as well as support initiatives that contribute to the sustainable humanistic development of the international community.

Leaders of public diplomacy

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International Organizing Committee

Smirnova Svetlana Konstantinovna

Smirnova Svetlana Konstantinovna

Chairperson of the General Council of the World Peoples Assembly, First Deputy Secretary General of the World Peoples Assembly

Khautin Sergey Evgenievich

Khautin Sergey Evgenievich

Executive Director of the Assembly of the Peoples of the World, Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee

Nefedova Olga Vladimirovna

Nefedova Olga Vladimirovna

Deputy Executive Director - Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the General Council of the World People's Assembly, Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee (Russia)

Russia
Adova Polina Vladimirovna

Adova Polina Vladimirovna

public figure, Spanish teacher

Spain
Yasser Allaham

Yasser Allaham

Adviser to the Secretary General of the World People's Assembly

Russia Syria
Anisimov Nikita Sergeevich

Anisimov Nikita Sergeevich

First Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Issues of Sovereignty, Patriotic Projects and Support for Veterans of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Secretary General of the Assembly of the Peoples of the World (Russia)

Russia

Bokova Tatyana

Vice President of the MIR FF Association, representative of the International Russophile Movement in France. Working languages: French, English, Russian. Chairman of the Organizing Committee. +33 6 23 16 06 45
tbokova@yahoo.fr

France
Gorina Natalya Nikolaevna

Gorina Natalya Nikolaevna

Founder and director of the educational center for the study of Russian language and culture in Rome “Russian World”, co-author of textbooks for bilingual children, organizer of international projects and competitions.

Italy
Dubeykovskaya Yanina Stanislavovna

Dubeykovskaya Yanina Stanislavovna

Deputy Executive Director of the Assembly of the Peoples of the World, founder of the “Her Voice” Foundation (Zambia/Russia)

Russia Zambia
Zelenskaya Nina Anatolyevna

Zelenskaya Nina Anatolyevna

Winner of the People's Diplomacy Competition 2025, director of the Russian Children's Center in Cape Town and deputy chairman of the KSORS South Africa.
nina@hnha.co.za
tel.: +27 72 056 1001

South Africa
Korolev Stanislav Lvovich

Korolev Stanislav Lvovich

Director of the SCO National Center for Public Diplomacy in Russia, Deputy Secretary General of the Assembly of the Peoples of the World (Russia)

Russia
Koreeda Elena Yurievna

Koreeda Elena Yurievna

Founder and President of Koreeda Enterprises Co., Ltd. E.Yu. Kore-eda

Japan
Romanenko Khristina

Romanenko Khristina

President of the Tunisian-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

Tunisia
Sabirov Kabulzhon Kasimovich

Sabirov Kabulzhon Kasimovich

Director of the SCO Public Diplomacy Center in Uzbekistan. Chairman of the Competition Organizing Committee
Uzbekistan
Victoria Taganova

Victoria Taganova

President of the International Fund for Children

"SUN RAY ry"

public-diplomacy.Estonia@world-assembly.org

Finland Latvia Estonia
Natalya Funikov

Natalya Funikov

Germany

Tsapleva Anna Vasilievna

Deputy President of the Foundation for Assistance to the Development of Russian-Belarusian Cooperation "White Dews", head of children's programs of the Regional public organization "Council for Interethnic Cooperation", Director of the Autonomous non-profit organization "Territory for the development of children and youth diplomacy "Formula of Friendship", laureate of the II International competition "Leader of People's Diplomacy" (Russia)

Russia
Natalia Erenfeld

Natalia Erenfeld

Founder & CEO of Education Management Services Australia, an expert in international education, in cultural, school and social diplomacy, business management and development, and intercultural communications in Australia. President of the Multicultural Talent Academy Inc.

Australia

International jury

Rashid Kutbudinovich Alimov

Rashid Kutbudinovich Alimov

Professor at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Taihe Institute (China), Secretary General of the SCO 2016-2018, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chairman of the Jury (Tajikistan);

Irina Vladimirovna Galanova

Irina Vladimirovna Galanova

methodologist, trainer of sociocultural design, member of the Coordination Council of the National Parents Association, Deputy Chairman of the jury (Russia)

Republic of Belarus Russia
Chulkova Olga Igorevna

Chulkova Olga Igorevna

Executive Secretary of the Jury (Russia)

Russia
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Organizers

World Peoples Assembly

Ассамблея Народов Мира

The Assembly of the Peoples of the World is an international union of non-governmental organizations and citizens with an active lifestyle, sharing and promoting the ideas and values ​​of social integration, strengthening friendship, harmony, partnership and good neighborliness between peoples.

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Directorate of the World Public Summit

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