Lieutenant-General Anatoly Ivanovich Yakunin (Анатолий Иванович Якунин; born February 11, 1964) is a Russian policeman who was

Moscow Police Commissioner The Moscow Police (russian: Московская полиция), officially the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow (russian: Главное управление внутренних дел по городу Москве) ...

(June 2012-September 2016). previously, he was the

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in Novgorod Oblast (2008-2012).

Biography

Anatoly Yakunin was born on February 11, 1964, in Krivtsovo-Plota village in Dolzhan region in

Oryol Oblast Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

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. Anatoly Yakunin has a law degree. He graduated from the Academy of Interior Ministry of Russia, and then the Academy of Public Administration under the

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. His Service in the Soviet Police begun in Dolzhan Region Police Department as local inspector in the police station. For more than 20 years of service in the police, consistently and with dignity he rose from an ordinary police officer to the head of

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departments in the regional level. He held the post of Head of the Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and the Chief of Criminal Police Department of the

. Then he served as first deputy chief and the Chief of Criminal Police Department in the

Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census. Geography V ...

. From April 2011 to May 2012 he served as the Chief of Police in Novgorod Oblast, in his first office as Chief of

. On June 2, 2012, the Russian President,

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signed a

decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for ...

on the appointment of Major-General Anatoly Ivanovich Yakunin, as the Chief of the Moscow Police (Officially, Head of

MVD The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...

Directorate in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

). In April 2020, Anatoly was appointed Deputy Director of the Federal Correctional Service.Federal Correctional Service
Federal Correctional Seivice

Honors and awards

He was awarded the state award: *

Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order" The Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order" (russian: Медаль «За отличие в охране общественного порядка») is a state decoration of the Russian Federation retained from the awards syst ...

* The badge "Honorary Worker of the Interior Ministry"

External links

Official Biography
from the Moscow City Police Website
Yakunin Anatoly
visit card from

official website (in Russian)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakunin, Anatoly 1964 births People from Oryol Oblast Commissioners of the Moscow City Police Living people Russian municipal police chiefs