1. Sergey Melikov was First Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the Russian National Guard, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian National Guard troops from 2016 to 2019.
19 Facts About Sergey Melikov
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Sergey Melikov was the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the North Caucasian Federal District from 2014 to 2016.
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Sergey Melikov has the military rank of Colonel General and the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Sergey Melikov was born on 12 September 1965 in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo near Moscow, to a family of service members.
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Sergey Melikov's mother was Russian, and his father a Lezgin.
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In 1986, Melikov graduated from the Saratov Higher Military Command Red Banner School of Internal Troops named after F E Dzerzhinsky with a degree in intelligence.
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Between 1994 and 1996, Sergey Melikov served in the First Chechen War.
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On 31 August 2011, Sergey Melikov graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.
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On 8 May 2014, Sergey Melikov was appointed First Deputy Chief of the Main Staff of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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On 12 May 2014, Sergey Melikov was appointed Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District.
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Sergey Melikov was awarded the rank of State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.
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On 28 July 2016, Sergey Melikov was relieved of his post as Plenipotentiary Representative and was appointed First Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation and a Commander-in-Chief of the Russian national guard.
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On 26 August 2016, by decree of the President of the Russian, Sergey Melikov was awarded the military rank of Colonel General.
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In 2017, RBC reported in speculation that Sergey Melikov was considered be a candidate for the next head of the Republic of Dagestan.
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Sergey Melikov was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hero of Russia Foundation Colonel General Anatoly Romanov.
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Sergey Melikov is under personal international sanctions from all countries in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Ukraine and New Zealand in relation to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
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Sergey Melikov has an ethnic Lezgin father, and a Russian mother.
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Sergey Melikov's father, Alim Nur-Magomedovich, was a retired colonel, commander of a brigade of internal troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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From 1999 to 2001, Mikhail Sergey Melikov was the commander of the 1st Special Purpose Regiment "Vityaz" of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, chairman of the public organization of veterans of special forces an operational division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Novocherkassk.