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 service1977–present
RankGeneral of the Army
Commands heldCommander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces

Oleg Leonidovich Salyukov (Russian: Олег Леонидович Салюков; 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.

Career

Position HeldPeriod
Platoon Officer
Company Officer
Chief of the staff – Battalion Commander in the Kiev Military District		 1977–1982
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		 1985–1994
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		 1994–1997
Chief of the Staff-First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Far-East Military District 2005–2008
Commander-in-Chief of the Far-East Military District 2008–2010
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 2010–2014
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army by the Decree of the President of Russia May 2014–present

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [1]

In February 2022 Salyukov was added to the European Union sanctions list for being "responsible for actively supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the stability or security in Ukraine".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/265 of 23 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, 2022-02-23, retrieved 2022-03-03
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