Georgij Alafuzoff (; born 15 September 1953) is a

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former

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officer, who has served, among others, as Chief of

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from 2007 to 2013, as well as Director of the Intelligence Directorate of the

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from 2013 to 2016. A graduate of

Finnish National Defence University The Finnish National Defence University ( fi, Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu, MPKK, sv, Försvarshögskolan) is a military university located in Helsinki. The university trains officers for the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard. The m ...

, Alafuzoff has also held top leadership roles in a variety of commands, including as Chief of Joint Implementation Commission,

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, Kosovo; Liaison Officer,

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, Tampa, Florida; and Assistant Chief of Staff, J2,

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Biography

He was born on 15 September 1953 in

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into a Russian-Swedish family: his father is a descendant of Baron Ivan Alafuzoff, who emigrated from

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to Finland, and his mother is from a family of

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. In the 1950s, he was baptized in the

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and studied at a Finnish-Russian school in Helsinki, after which he passed the university entrance exams. Assuming to continue his education in the humanities, he entered the

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at the faculty of

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. He began his military service on 2 May 1973, and after completing his service in the town of

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(near

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), he entered to the officers' school in

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. In 1974 he was promoted to

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, and in 1977 he graduated from the Naval Academy.

Naval career

From 1977 to 1981, he taught at the naval school, where in 1979 he was promoted to senior lieutenant. In the early 80s, he returned to the Naval Academy, and by 1985, was promoted to captain. From 1987 to 1989, he studied at the high school for officers. In 1997, he studied at the Russian Academy of the General Staff, from which he graduated with honors. From 2007 to April 2013, he headed the military intelligence of the Finnish Defense Forces. On 17 December 2012 he was appointed head of the military intelligence of the European Union. On 6 December 2014 he was awarded the rank of Rear Admiral. In July 2019, the media reported that Alafuzoff was suspected of disclosing classified information about military intelligence, including those concerning Russia, in December 2017.

Personal life

He has two children with his wife who he is currently divorced from. He has a son named Alexander (born 1987), who graduated from the

Helsinki University of Technology Helsinki University of Technology (TKK; fi, Teknillinen korkeakoulu; sv, Tekniska högskolan) was a technical university in Finland. It was located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the metropolitan area of Greater Helsinki. The university was founded in ...

with a degree in automation and technological systems. He also has a daughter named Anna-Maria (born 1991). He is fluent in

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and

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as his native languages, and also speaks

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and

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References

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