Vladimir Voronkov earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in history at MSU.

[6] After his earning his doctorate, Voronkov joined the Institute of Economics at the Soviet Academy of Sciences and became a Polish interpreter for the Central Committee, interpreting for Central Party Chairmen Leonid Brezhnev and Konstantin Chernenko.

Since 1994 he has held various positions with the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Poland and Vienna.

In 2011, he was appointed Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna.

[4] Voronkov is married to Irina Pavlovna Voronkova (née Fomicheva) and has a daughter, Daria.