28 April 2004 08:09
Putin appoints new general director of Rosoboronexport (Part 2)
MOSCOW. April 28 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Sergei Chemezov as general
director of Rosoboronexport, the presidential press service said on Wednesday.
He has replaced Andrei Belyaninov, who was appointed director of the Federal Service for Defense Contracts in early
April.
"Chemezov's appointment as head of Rosoboronexport was quite logical, as he has been first deputy general
director of the enterprise for the past 3.5 years, and is an exceptional specialist on arms exports," a source in
the defense industry told Interfax on Wednesday.
Chemezov was born in the village of Cheremkhovo in the Irkutsk region on August 20, 1952. After graduating from the
Irkutsk Institute of National Economy and completing a course of study at the Military Academy of the Russian General
Staff, he went to work in the Irkutsk Research Institute for Rare and Non-Ferrous Metals.
In 1980, he began working with the Luch industrial association, and headed its office in the Democratic Republic of
Germany from 1983- 88. He was then deputy general director of the Sovinterexport foreign trade association.
In 1996-1999, Chemezov headed the foreign relations department of the presidential staff. In 1999-2000, he was
general director of the federal unitary enterprise Promexport. In November 2000, he was appointed first deputy general
director of Rosoboronexport. [RU EEU EUROPE ASIA EMRG] av tl < >
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