Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2021
Preceded by
Vladimir Shamanov
Member of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2021
Personal details
Born
Andrey Valeryevich Kartapolov
(1963-11-09) 9 November 1963 (age 60) Weimar, East Germany (now Germany)
Political party
United Russia (2021–present)
Alma mater
Moscow Higher Military Command School Frunze Military Academy Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union Russia
Branch/service
Russian Ground Forces
Years of service
1980-2021
Rank
Colonel general
Commands
Western Military District
Battles/wars
Syrian civil war
Andrey Valeryevich Kartapolov (Russian: Андрей Валериевич Картаполов; born 9 November 1963) is a Russian politician and former army officer of the Russian Army. From 30 July 2018 to October 2021[1] he served as Deputy Defence Minister, and headed the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces. He had commanded the Western Military District from 2015 to 2016, and again from 2017 to 2018. Kartapolov has held the rank of colonel general since 2015. He is currently a member of parliament, a deputy of the State Duma, elected on 19 September 2021.
^"В Восточном военном округе сменился командующий". Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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