Oleg Salyukov

General of the Army Oleg Leonidovich Salyukov
General of the Army Oleg Salyukov Commander in Chief of Russian Ground Forces
Native name	Олег Леонидович Салюков
Born	(1955-05-21) May 21, 1955 Saratov, Russian SFSR, USSR
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1977-1991) Russia (1991-present)
Service / branch	Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1977-present
Rank	General of the Army
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces

Oleg Leonidovich Salyukov (Template:Lang-ru; born 21 May 1955) is an Army General and the current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was appointed to the post in May 2014. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 2019.

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 and in 1996 from 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
Commander, 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division Chief of the staff and Army Commander (35th Army) Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Military District.	1994 to 1997
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, Army 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.