Alexey Alexeyevich Gromov (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Громов; born 31 May 1960) is a Russian politician. He is First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia.[1] He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[2]
Alexey Gromov | |
|---|---|
Алексей Громов | |
 Gromov in 2020 | |
| First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1960 Zagorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Biography
editGromov 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,[3] and, since 2008, as Deputy Chief of Staff.
Sanctions
editOn 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).[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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.[10] He is barred from entering the EU countries, and his assets in the EU have to be frozen.
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[11]
Personal life
editGromov speaks fluent Czech, Slovak and English. He is married and they have two sons, Alexey and Danila.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Persons ∙ Directory ∙ President of Russia".
- ^ О присвоении квалификационного разряда федеральным государственным служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации (Decree 205) (in Russian). President of Russia. 10 March 1997.
- ^ Хозяин кремлевского пула. stringer-news.com, 2003-04-08
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine". US Department of the treasury.
- ^ "Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine". The White House - Office of the Press Secretary. 20 March 2014.
- ^ www.treasury.gov
- ^ Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)
- ^ Shuklin, Peter (March 21, 2014). "Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions". liga.net. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ President of The United States (March 19, 2016). "Ukraine EO13661" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ "COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 477/2014". THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. eur-lex.europa.eu. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Gromov, Alexei. kremlin.ru, accessed 2015-10-11
External links
editLicence
editThis article incorporates material from the website of the President of Russia and is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.