Alexey Gromov
{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1960)}}
{{for|the serial killer|Alexey Gromov (serial killer)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alexey Gromov
| native_name = {{nobold|Алексей Громов}}
| image = Алексей Алексеевич Громов.jpg
| office = First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia
| term_start = 21 May 2012
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|5|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Zagorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| alma_mater = Moscow State University
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| caption = Gromov in 2020
| native_name_lang = ru
}}
Alexey Alexeyevich Gromov ({{langx|ru|Алексей Алексеевич Громов}}; born 31 May 1960) is a Russian politician. He is First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia.{{Cite web|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/4/biography|title=Persons ∙ Directory ∙ President of Russia}} He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.{{cite act|type=Decree|index=205|date=10 March 1997|legislature=President of Russia|title=О присвоении квалификационного разряда федеральным государственным служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=10.03.1997&a8=205&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=62&y=17}} He has been referred to as "Vladimir Putin's media puppetmaster".{{Cite news |last=Rubin |first=Mikhail |last2=Zholobova |first2=Maria |last3=Badanin |first3=Roman |date=2019-06-05 |title=The Man Behind the Kremlin’s Control of the Russian Media |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/the-man-behind-the-kremlins-control-of-the-russian-media |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project}}
Biography
Gromov was born in 1960 in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union. He studied history at Moscow State University, specialising in Southern and Western Slavs and received his degree in history in 1982. For many years after his graduation, he worked for the Soviet and then the Russian government in their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs. He served the governments with appointments in Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Slovakia. Since 1996, he has worked directly for the president, first in the Press Office, then as Press Attache,[http://stringer-news.com/publication.mhtml?PubID=1944&Menu=&Part=39 Хозяин кремлевского пула]. stringer-news.com, 2003-04-08 and, since 2008, after Natalya Timakova became the press secretary under Dmitry Medvedev,{{cite news |last=Кузьмин |first=Владимир (Kuzmin, Vladimir) |url=https://rg.ru/2012/05/22/apparat-site.html |title=Владимир Путин утвердил состав своей администрации |trans-title= |language=ru |work=«Российская газета» (rg.ru) |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=28 March 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250328201858/https://rg.ru/2012/05/22/apparat-site.html |archive-date=28 March 2025}} as Deputy Chief of Staff.
= Sanctions =
On March 20, 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Gromov and 19 other men have been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN).{{Cite web|title=Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine |url=http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl23331.aspx |publisher=US Department of the treasury}}{{Cite web|title=Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine |date=20 March 2014 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/20/executive-order-blocking-property-additional-persons-contributing-situat |publisher=The White House - Office of the Press Secretary}}[http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20140320_33.aspx www.treasury.gov][http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)]{{cite web|last=Shuklin |first=Peter |title=Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions |url=https://news.liga.net/articles/politics/1066761-blizhniy_krug_putina_kto_popal_v_novyy_spisok_sanktsiy_ssha.htm |publisher=liga.net |date=March 21, 2014 |access-date=February 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207152258/http://news.liga.net/articles/politics/1066761-blizhniy_krug_putina_kto_popal_v_novyy_spisok_sanktsiy_ssha.htm |archive-date=February 7, 2015 }}{{cite web | last = President of The United States | title = Ukraine EO13661 | url = https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/ukraine_eo2.pdf | publisher = Federal Register | date = March 19, 2016 | access-date = February 20, 2016}}
On May 12, 2014, Gromov was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.137.01.0003.01.ENG|title=COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 477/2014 |work=THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION |date=2014-05-12 |publisher=eur-lex.europa.eu |access-date=2015-10-14}} He is barred from entering the EU countries, and his assets in the EU have to be frozen.
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}
Personal life
Gromov speaks fluent Czech, Slovak and English. He is married and they have two sons, Alexey and Danila.[http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/4/biography Gromov, Alexei]. kremlin.ru, accessed 2015-10-11
References
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External links
- [http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/4/biography Official biography]
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{{s-ttl|title=Kremlin Press Secretary|years=4 January 2000-12 May 2008}}
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Category:1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Category:People from Sergiyev Posad
Category:Kremlin press secretaries
Category:Moscow State University alumni
Category:Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Category:Russian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
Category:Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions