Alexander Fomin
{{Short description|Russian military and politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2018}}
{{For|the KGB agent who used the cover name Fomin|Alexander Feklisov}}
{{family name hatnote|Vasilyevich|Fomin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Colonel General
| name = Alexander Fomin
| native_name = {{nobold|Александр Фомин}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Official portrait of Alexander Fomin.jpg
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| caption = Official portrait, 2017
| office = Deputy Minister of Defence
| term_start = 31 January 2017
| term_end =
| president = Vladimir Putin
| minister = Sergei Shoigu
Andrey Belousov
| predecessor = Anatoly Antonov
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|25}}
| birth_place = Leninogorsk, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR ({{small|now Ridder, Kazakhstan}})
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| allegiance = {{USSR}} (1977–1991)
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| branch = 25px Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
| serviceyears = 1977 — 1993
| rank = Colonel General{{cite news |title=Russian deputy defense minister, EU envoy to Russia discuss European security |url=http://tass.com/defense/1017420 |accessdate=6 September 2018 |work=TASS |language=ru}}
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| education = Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin ({{langx|ru|Александр Васильевич Фомин,}} born May 25, 1959) is a Russian Deputy Minister of Defence.{{Cite web |date=26 August 2021 |title=Deputy Defence Minister of the Russian Federation Colonel-General Alexander Fomin held talks with Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Major General (RTD) Bashir Salihi Magashi |url=https://nigeria.mid.ru/en/press-centre/news/deputy_defense_minister_of_the_russian_federation_colonel_general_alexander_fomin_held_talks_with_mi/ |website=Embassy of the Russian Federation in Nigeria}}{{Cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=Secretary-General of ASEAN holds a bilateral meeting with Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia |url=https://asean.org/secretary-general-of-asean-holds-a-bilateral-meeting-with-deputy-minister-of-defence-of-russia/ |website=Association of Southeast Asian Nations}}{{Cite web |date=22 January 2019 |title=Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Colonel General Alexander Fomin meets Ambassador Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/30678-2/ |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka}}{{Cite web |title=Memorandum of Conversation Between Alexander Fomin of the Soviet Embassy and John Scali of the American Broadcasting Corporation0 |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v11/d195 |website=U.S. Department of State (.gov)}}{{Cite news |last=Shaza Qreima |date=21 July 2023 |title=Moscow, SANA- Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Colonel General Alexander Fomin held talks with his Iranian counterpart brigadier general Seyyed Hojatollah Qureishi. Both sides discussed topical issues of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation, and exchanged views on regional security and the international situation, Sputnik reported. |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=313440 |work=Syrian Arab News Agency}}
Biography
Alexander Fomin was born on May 25, 1959, in Leninogorsk.{{Cite news |last=Sebastian Strangio |date=21 June 2021 |title=Myanmar Military Chief Arrives in Russia for Security Conference, the trip came just days after the U.N. called on member states "to prevent the flow of arms into Myanmar." |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/06/myanmar-junta-chief-arrives-in-russia-for-security-conference/ |work=The Diplomat}}{{Cite news |last=Prashanth Parameswaran |date=23 January 2018 |title=Defense Minister's Myanmar Visit Accomplish? The trip put the focus on ongoing activity in the bilateral military relationship which has been on the uptick of late |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/what-did-russias-defense-ministers-myanmar-visit-accomplish/ |work=The Diplomat}} He attended the Military Institute of the Red Banner of the Ministry of Defence (Now the Military University of the Russian Defence Ministry), graduating in 1984.{{cite web |title=Alexander Fomin : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation |url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/management/info.htm?id=11624656@SD_Employee |website=eng.mil.ru |accessdate=6 September 2018}}{{Cite news |last=Ankit Panda |date=4 June 2017 |title=Why China and Russia Continue to Oppose THAAD |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/why-china-and-russia-continue-to-oppose-thaad/ |work=The Diplomat}}{{Cite news |date=14 May 2015 |title=The Unknown Hero of Cuban Missile Crisis |url=https://russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/the-unknown-hero-of-cuban-missile-crisis/ |work=RIAC}}
Fomin was promoted to Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation in 2017.{{cite news |title=Russian Deputy Defence Minister Colonel General Alexander Fomin met COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa |url=https://dnd.com.pk/russian-deputy-defence-minister-colonel-general-alexander-fomin/147756 |accessdate=6 September 2018 |work=Dispatch News Desk |date=7 August 2018}}
In February 2018, Fomin was promoted to the rank of Colonel General.{{Cite web |title=Путин присвоил замминстра обороны Фомину звание генерал-полковника - ТАСС |url=https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/4981463 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=TACC}}
In March 2021, he visited Myanmar in his capacity as a military attaché and expressed Russia's commitment to maintaining friendly relations with the country.{{Cite web |title=Замглавы Минобороны РФ обменялся подарками с лидером военной хунты Мьянмы. И посетил парад, который проигнорировали западные страны |url=https://meduza.io/news/2021/03/27/zamglavy-minoborony-rf-obmenyalsya-podarkami-s-liderom-voennoy-hunty-myanmy-i-posetil-parad-kotoryy-proignorirovali-zapadnye-strany |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Meduza |language=ru}}
In 2022, Fomin was appointed as the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense at the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis between the two countries.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-03 |title=Кто эти люди? Рассказываем о переговорщиках, которые пытаются решить российско-украинский конфликт |url=https://ngs.ru/text/politics/2022/03/03/70484621/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=НГС - новости Новосибирска |language=ru}}
Sanctions
As a result of his support for Russian aggression and violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Fomin is subject to personal international sanctions from several countries. Australia imposed sanctions on him in February 2022, while the United Kingdom and New Zealand followed suit in March. In October 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree imposing sanctions on Fomin.{{Cite web |title=ФОМИН Александр Васильевич - биография, досье, активы {{!}} Война и санкции |url=https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/ru/sanction-person/712/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=sanctions.nazk.gov.ua |language=ru}}
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Category:Russian colonel generals
Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Category:Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Category:People from Leninogorsk, Russia
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
Category:Deputy defence ministers of Russia
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