Oleg Ostapenko
Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko Colonel General[4] | |
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| Awards | Order of Military Merit[1][3] |
Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko (Russian: Олег Николаевич Остапенко,
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, former Deputy Minister of Defence, and former commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces, a position he held from their foundation on 1 December 2011 until his promotion in November 2012.[5] Prior to this he was commander of the Russian Space Forces from 2008, replacing Vladimir Popovkin.[1]
Ostapenko joined the Soviet
Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2004.[1]
In 2004, he was promoted to be First Deputy Chief of Staff of the
Colonel General on 9 August 2012.[4]
On 9 November 2012, he was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Defence and relieved of his command of the
Aerospace Defence Forces.[7]
On 10 October 2013, Ostanpenko was discharged from military service and relieved of his post in order to head
Roscosmos, the federal space agency.[8]
On 21 January 2015, Ostapenko was dismissed from Roscosmos.
Military education
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General Ostapenko earned PhD in Military Sciences in 2007
- Graduated from F. Dzerzhinsky Military College, 1979
- Graduate from the Command Faculty of F. Dzerzhinsky Military College, 1992
- Completed his specialty studies by graduating from the General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, 2007
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Oleg Ostapenko". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. n.d. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Назначен новый командующий Космическими войсками России [Appointed the new commander Russian Space Forces] (in Russian). Новости космонавтики (Novosti Kosmonavtiki). 2008. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Russia: Biographies, Photos of RF Armed Forces Leadership". Open Source Center/Rossiyskoye Voyennoye Obozreniye. 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 9 August 2012 № 1141 "О присвоении воинских званий высших офицеров военнослужащим Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 9 August 2012 number 1141 "About the assignment of ranks of senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"] (in Russian). Kremlin.ru. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Russia creates Air and Space Defense Forces". russianforces.org. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- ^ ОСТАПЕНКО Олег Николаевич (in Russian). Kommersant. 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "New appointments at Defence Ministry". Kremlin.ru. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 10 октября 2013 г. № 1840–р" (PDF).