Oleg Salyukov

Colonel General Oleg Leonydovych Salyukov
Colonel General Oleg Leonydovych Salyukov Олег Леонидович Салюков Commander in Chief of Russian Ground Forces as of May, 2014
Native name	Russian: Олег Салюков
Born	(1955-05-21) May 21, 1955 Saratov, USSR
Allegiance	Soviet Union Russia
Service/branch	Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1977 to present
Rank	Colonel General
Commands held	Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army

Oleg Leonydovych Salyukov (Russian: Олег Леонидович Салюков; born 21 May 1955) is a Colonel General and the current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was appointed to the post on May 2014.

Education

In 1977 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command School with gold medal, in 1985 – from the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy with high honours, in 1996 – the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Career

Position Held	Period
Platoon Officer Company Officer Chief of the staff - Battalion Commander in the Kiev Military District	1977 to 1982
Deputy Commander of a Training Tank Regiment Commander of a Training Tank Regiment Deputy Commander of a Guards tank division in the Moscow Military District	1985 to 1994
Division Commander Chief of the staff and Army Commander Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Military District.	1997 to 1994
Chief of the Staff-First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Far-East Military District.	2005 to 2008
Commander-in-Chief of the Far-East Military District.	2008 to 2010
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.	2010 to 2014
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army by the Decree of the President of Russia	May, 2014 to present

References

"Oleg Salyukov Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, Colonel General". Ministry of Defence of Russian Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
"Commander-in-Chief of Russian Land Forces to discuss in New Delhi preparations for the Indra-2015 drills". R&I Report. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
"Salyukov named commander-in-chief of Russian Ground Forces". Vestnik Kavkaza. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
"Главнокомандующий Сухопутными войсками Олег Салюков. Биография". Russian News Agency TASS. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

Military offices
Preceded by Sergey Istrakov	Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces May, 2014 – till date	Incumbent

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