Leonid Ivashov
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Leonid Grigoryevich Ivashov (Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Ивашов) (born 31 August 1943 in Frunze Kyrgyz SSR, now Bishkek) is a higher Russian military and public official. He is President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems and a retired Colonel-general.
1964 Leonid Ivashov graduated from Tashkent Suvorov Military School, 1974 Frunze Military Academy.
Between 1976 and 1984 he worked as a senior aid to the Soviet Minister of Defense Dmitriy Ustinov. In 1987 he became chief of the department for general affairs in the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Defence.
During the 1990s he was in charge of military co-operation between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States as chief of the military cooperation department at the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defence.
After his retirement in 2001 Leonid Ivashov wrote extensively on military affairs and geopolitics. 2004-2014 he was President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems. After a year break he was reelected president of the Academy end of March 2015.[1] He was reportedly involved in the Foundations of Geopolitics, a book by Alexander Dugin.[2]
References
- ^ General Leonid Ivashov has been reelected President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems at end of March 2015, Ruskline, March 30, 2015.
- ^ John B. Dunlop. "Review: Aleksandr Dugin's Foundations of Geopolitics" (PDF).
External links
- A comprehensive biography of Ivashov on the page of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems
- Biography of Leonid Ivashov (in Russian)
- Publications of Leonid Ivashov on Voltaire Network edition
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