Vladimir Kulishov
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20 July 1957[1]
Vladimir Kulishov | |
|---|---|
Владимир Кулишов | |
Kulishov in 2013 | |
| First Deputy Director of the FSB of Russia - Head of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia | |
| Assumed office 11 April 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Pronichev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Grigoriyevich Kulishov 20 July 1957[1] |
| Party | CPSU (1982—1991) |
| Spouse | Inga Leonidovna Kulishova |
| Children | 2 sons and a daughter |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | (1982—present) |
| Rank | Army general |
Vladimir Grigoriyevich Kulishov (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Кулишов; born 20 June 1957), is a Russian political military commander who is currently a General of the Army, the First Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) – Head of the FSB Border Service of Russia since 11 April 2013.[3]
Vladimir Kulishov was born on 20 July 1957 in the Rostov Oblast.[4]
In 1979, he graduated from the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers, worked at the Rostov Civil Aviation Plant No. 412.[5]
In August 1982, he has been serving in the state security agencies, as he graduated from the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky.[6]
Since 2000, he has worked in the central office of the FSB of Russia.
Since July 2003, he became the head of the FSB of Russia in the Saratov Oblast.[7]
In 2004, 1st Deputy Head of the Department for Combating Terrorism of the 2nd Service of the FSB of Russia, later Head of the Department of the FSB of Russia for the Chechen Republic.[8]
From August 2008 to March 2013, he was the deputy director of the FSB of Russia - Chief of Staff of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee.[9]
In March 2013, TASS and RIA novisti first reported that Kulishov had been appointed as the First Deputy Director of the FSB of Russia - Head of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia. He officially took office on 11 April.[10]