Aleksandr Valentinovich Golovko ( rus, Александр Валентинович Головко, uk, Олександр Валентинович Головко; born 29 January 1964) is a Russian
colonel general in the
Russian military
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...
and
commander of the
Russian Space Forces
The Russian Space Forces ( rus, Космические войска России, Kosmicheskie voyska Rossii, KV) are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air and space sovereignty, and other related protect ...
since 1 August 2015.
Between 24 December 2012 until 31 July 2015 he was the Commander of the
Aerospace Defence Forces.
Early life and education
Golovko is of
Ukrainian descent and was born in the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
in 1964. He joined the Soviet military and graduated from
Marshal Leonid Govorov Air Defence and Radio Engineering Academy in 1986. After graduation he served in the
in the Soviet and
Russian Space Forces
The Russian Space Forces ( rus, Космические войска России, Kosmicheskie voyska Rossii, KV) are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air and space sovereignty, and other related protect ...
.
Career
In 2003 he became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Space Forces and then returned to the
as Chief of Staff from 2004 to 2007, and Commander from 2007 to 2011. From June 2011 to December 2012 he was the commander of
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Plesetsk Cosmodrome ( rus, Космодром «Плесецк», r=Kosmodrom "Plesetsk", p=kəsmɐˈdrom plʲɪˈsʲet͡sk) is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 ...
and was then appointed as head of the Aerospace Defence Forces, replacing
Oleg Ostapenko
Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko ( rus, Олег Николаевич Остапенко, uk, Олег Миколайович Остапенко, born 3 May 1957) is the former director of Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, the federal space ag ...
, who had been promoted to Deputy Defence Minister.
He commanded the
Russian Aerospace Defense Forces
The Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO) ( rus, Войска воздушно-космической обороны (ВВКО), Voyska vozdushno-kosmicheskoy oborony (VVKO)) was a branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsi ...
from 2012 until August 2015 before he was appointed as commander of the reestablished
Russian Space Forces
The Russian Space Forces ( rus, Космические войска России, Kosmicheskie voyska Rossii, KV) are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air and space sovereignty, and other related protect ...
on the same day.
References
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1964 births
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
Russian lieutenant generals
Living people
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
Space force commanders