Nikolai Rogozhkin
Russian military officer and statesman
General of the Army Nikolai Yevgenyevich Rogozhkin (born 21 June 1952) is a Russian politician and military commander who last served as the Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District from 2014 to 2016. Before that, he was Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from 2004 to 2014. He was a general of the army since 23 February 2007.
He has the military rank of Army general and the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
Biography
Early life
Nikolai Rogozhkin was born in Michurinsk on 21 June 1952. His father, Yevgeny, worked at the locomotive repair plant in Michurinsk, and was a participant in the Great Patriotic War. His mother was the operator of the main post office in Michurinsk. He graduated from the 10th grade of secondary school in Michurinsk in 1969.
Military service in the Soviet Union
In August 1969, Rogozhkin began his military service in the Soviet Army. He graduated from the Kharkov Guards Higher Tank Command School named after the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR in 1973, and the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy in 1980.
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