Alexander Volfovich

Alexander Grigoryevich Volfovich (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Вольфович) is a Belarusian general who is the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus.[2]

Major General

Alexander Volfovich
Chief of the General Staff
Assumed office
20 January 2020
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
MinisterViktor Khrenin
Preceded byOleg Belokonev
Personal details
Born (1967-06-28) 28 June 1967
Kazan, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Belarus
Branch/serviceSoviet Ground Forces
Armed Forces of Belarus
Years of service1984–Present[1]
RankMajor General

In 1988, he graduated from the Moscow Higher Military Command School. Over the next 5 years, he served in battalion and regimental level positions in the Soviet Army and the newly formed Armed Forces of Belarus. In 1993, he became the chief of staff of a motorised rifle battalion at the 72th Guards Joint Training Centre. After graduating from the Command and Staff Department of the Military Academy of Belarus in 1998, he resumed his work in the training centre. In 2002, Alexander Volfovich took up the post of chief of staff at the 361th Security and Maintenance Base. Between 2005 and 2008, he served in the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. He studied in Russia for a year in 2008 at their General Staff Military Academy. Upon his return, he became the commander of the 120th Guards Mechanised Brigade of the North Western Operational Command, and later the commander of this command.

While in his position, he was promoted to hia current rank in June 2012.[3]. In 2018, by decree of President Alexander Lukashenko, he was appointed to the post of the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces. He served in this position for just two years before being appointed by presidential decree in January 2020 as Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defence of Belarus.[4][5][6][7]

His son Maxim (born 1990) is an officer in the armed forces.

References
  1. "Выпускник борисовской школы может стать начальником генштаба ВС РБ". EX-PRESS.BY (in Russian). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. https://m.eng.belta.by/society/view/belarus-new-defense-minister-chief-of-general-staff-introduced-to-defense-ministry-team-127444-2020/
  3. Лукашенко раздал генеральские звания / Белорусские новости, 22 июня 2012
  4. "Alexander Volfovich — Military information portal of the Ministry of Defence of Republic of Belarus". www.mil.by. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. Им гордится коллектив / Минобороны РБ
  6. "Lukashenka Reshuffles Top Military Leadership, Appoints New Defense Minister". www.rferl.org. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/prezident/segodnya_naznacheny_novye_rukovoditeli_voennogo_bloka_strany/
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.