Alexander Chekalin (politician)

Alexander Alexeevich Chekalin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алексе́евич Чека́лин) (b. 6 September 1947) is a Russian politician who served as the First Deputy Minister of the Interior of Russia from 2000 to 2008. He expressed his support for mass arrests of protestors in the week leading up to the 32nd G8 summit, which was held in St. Petersburg from 15 - 17 July 2006.^[1]

Preceded byViktor Shudegov

Succeeded byLyubov Glebova

Succeeded byMikhail Sukhodolsky [ru]

Preceded byAndrei Chernenko

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Colonel General Alexander Chekalin
Александр Чекалин
Russian Federation Senator from the Udmurt Republic
In office 12 May 2008 – 17 September 2017
Preceded by	Viktor Shudegov
Succeeded by	Lyubov Glebova
First Deputy Minister of Interior
In office July 2004 – 24 March 2008
Succeeded by	Mikhail Sukhodolsky [ru]
Deputy Minister of Interior — Head of the FMS
In office 2003–2004
Preceded by	Andrei Chernenko
Succeeded by	Andrei Chernenko
Deputy Minister of Interior
In office 2000–2003
Commander of the Main Directorate for Public Order Maintenance
In office 1999–2000
Preceded by	Ivan Golubev [ru]
Succeeded by	Nikolai Pershutkin [ru]
Personal details
Born	(1947-09-06) 6 September 1947 (age 79) Vereya, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Party	United Russia
Awards
Military service
Years of service	1969–2008
Rank	Colonel General

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