Nikolai Yevmenov

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Nikolai Anatolyevich Yevmenov
Born2 April 1962 (1962-04-02) (age 62)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union (1980–1991)
 Russia (1991–present)
Service/branchSoviet Union Soviet Navy
Russia Russian Navy
Years of service1980–present
Rank Admiral
Commands held

Nikolai Anatolyevich Yevmenov (

commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy
from 2019 to 2024.

Biography

Yevmenov with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, 27 July 2019
Yevmenov at the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy base in Iran, 18 May 2023

Yevmenov was born on 2 April 1962 in Moscow.[1] He studied at the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation [ru] between 1980 and 1987, after which he was appointed commander of the electronic navigation department of the navigation unit (BCh-1) of a nuclear submarine in the Pacific Fleet from 1987 to 1991.[1]

Between 1995 and 1997 he studied at the

N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy. Between 1997 and 1999 he commanded ballistic missile submarines in the Pacific Fleet. Between 1999 and 2006 he was chief of staff, deputy commander and subsequently commander of the 25th submarine division of the Pacific Fleet, having studied at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia during 2001 to 2003. In 2012 Yevmenov became deputy commander of the Northern Fleet, becoming commander in 2016 and being promoted to Admiral in 2017.[1]

Yevmenov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy on 3 May 2019 succeeding Admiral

Togo Heihachiro, the Japanese Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet who defeated Russian fleet during the Battle of Tsushima, Russo-Japanese War and a controversy ensued.[2]

According to Izvestia he was replaced as commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy by Aleksandr Moiseyev;[3] this was confirmed on 19 March, 2024, by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.[4]

Sanctions

In February 2022, Yevmenov was put on the European Union

UK government on 15 March 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[6]

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy
2019–present
Incumbent