Aleksandr Golovko

Aleksandr Golovko
Native name	Олександр Валентинович Головко
Born	29 January 1964 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russia
Service/branch	Space Forces
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Aerospace Defence Forces Plesetsk Cosmodrome Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre

Aleksandr Valentinovich Golovko (Russian: Александр Валентинович Головко, Ukrainian: Олександр Валентинович Головко) (born 29 January 1964) is Russian Major General of the Ukrainian origins in the Russian military and commander of the Russian Space Forces since 1 August 2015.

Since 24 December 2012 til 31 July 2015 he was the Commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces.

Biography

General Golovko was born in Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian SSR in 1964. He joined the Soviet military and graduated from Marshal Leonid Govorov Air Defence and Radio Engineering Academy in 1986. After graduation he served in the Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre in the Soviet and Russian Space Forces.

In 2003 he became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Space Forces and then returned to the Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre as Chief of Staff from 2004 to 2007, and Commander from 2007 to 2011. From June 2011 to December 2012 he was the commander of Plesetsk Cosmodrome and was then appointed as head of the Aerospace Defence Forces, replacing Oleg Ostapenko, who had been promoted to Deputy Defence Minister.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

He commands the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces (2012-2015) before he was appointed as the Commander of the reestablished Russian Space Forces.

References

1. "Головко Александр Валентинович". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. n.d. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
2. "Начальником космодрома Плесецк назначен Александр Головко". Российская газета. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
3. "Командующим войсками воздушно-космической обороны назначен Головко". RIA Novosti. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
4. Pavel Podvig (24 December 2012). "New commander of the Air and Space Defense Forces". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
5. "Appointments in Russian Federation Armed Forces". Kremlin.ru. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.