13 Facts About Aleksandr Chupriyan

Aleksandr Petrovich Chupriyan is a Russian statesman, and political military commander, who served as the interim Minister of Emergency Situations between 8 September 2021 and 25 May 2022.

Aleksandr Chupriyan is a colonel general of the Internal Service as of 2018, and a doctor of technical sciences awarded in 2007.

Aleksandr Chupriyan was born in Ukhta on 23 March 1958.

In 1979, Aleksandr Chupriyan was a firefighter in the service of the Fire Department of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Leningrad Regional Executive Committee of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Aleksandr Chupriyan graduated from the courses of the middle commanding staff of the fire department in 1980.

Aleksandr Chupriyan is a candidate of Science in 2001.

Between 2006 and 2018, Aleksandr Chupriyan was the Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters,.

Aleksandr Chupriyan was a lieutenant general of the Internal Service in 2007, then promoted to colonel general in 2018.

Since June 2018, Aleksandr Chupriyan is the first First Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations.

Aleksandr Chupriyan was the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Federation of Fire and Applied Sports of Russia.

On 8 September 2021, after the death of the Minister of Emergency Situations, Yevgeny Zinichev, Aleksandr Chupriyan was appointed the acting minister.

Aleksandr Chupriyan was succeeded on 25 May 2022 by Aleksandr Kurenkov.

Aleksandr Chupriyan was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.