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For the KGB agent who used the cover name Fomin, see Alexander Feklisov.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Fomin.
Colonel General
Alexander Fomin
Александр Фомин
Official portrait, 2017
Deputy Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 January 2017[1]
President
Vladimir Putin
Minister
Sergei Shoigu
Personal details
Born
(1959-05-25) May 25, 1959 (age 64) Leninogorsk, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Ridder, Kazakhstan)
Education
Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union (1977–1991) Russia (1991–present)
Branch/service
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Years of service
1977 — 1993
Rank
Colonel General[2]
Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin (Russian: Александр Васильевич Фомин, born May 25, 1959) was a Russian Deputy Minister of Defence.[3][4][5][6][7]
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^"Russian deputy defense minister, EU envoy to Russia discuss European security". TASS (in Russian). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
^"Deputy Defence Minister of the Russian Federation Colonel-General Alexander Fomin held talks with Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Major General (RTD) Bashir Salihi Magashi". Embassy of the Russian Federation in Nigeria. 26 August 2021.
^"Secretary-General of ASEAN holds a bilateral meeting with Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia". Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 16 November 2023.
^"Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Colonel General Alexander Fomin meets Ambassador Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka". Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka. 22 January 2019.
^"Memorandum of Conversation Between Alexander Fomin of the Soviet Embassy and John Scali of the American Broadcasting Corporation0". U.S. Department of State (.gov).
^Shaza Qreima (21 July 2023). "Moscow, SANA- Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Colonel General Alexander Fomin held talks with his Iranian counterpart brigadier general Seyyed Hojatollah Qureishi. Both sides discussed topical issues of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation, and exchanged views on regional security and the international situation, Sputnik reported". Syrian Arab News Agency.
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November 6, 1934 until June 1, 2008. According to Ivanov, the former Mayor AlexanderFomin: "Over the past 20 years, the number of vehicles in the city has increased...
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Republic. Later, he was caught and eventually imprisoned again. Fomin was pardoned by Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, and...
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combat situation as possible." Deputy Defence Minister Colonel General AlexanderFomin reported that 91 foreign observers from 57 countries would be attending...
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