Viktor Alekseyevich Ozerov (russian: Виктор Алексеевич Озеров; 5 January 1958) is a Russian statesman and former army officer who served as member of the

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from 1996 to 2019, and a chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Security and Defense from 2001 until 2017.

Biography

Viktor Ozerov was born on 5 January 1958. In 1979, he graduated from the Novosibirsk Higher Military-Political School named after the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. He served as deputy company commander for political affairs, deputy commander for political affairs of a separate battalion in the

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based in

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, and a deputy commander of a training battalion for political affairs in the

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. From 1989 to 1991, after graduating from the

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, he served as deputy commander of a military unit for political affairs in the

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in Vyazemsky. From 1991 to 1994, he was the Chairman of the Vyazemsky District Council. On 31 March 1994, Ozerov was elected a member of parliament, a deputy of the Khabarovsk Krai Duma of the first convocation, and became the chairman of the Khabarovsk Krai Duma until 2001. In January 1996, Ozerov became a member of the

. In 2001, a was proclaimed a representative in the Federation Council from the legislative authority of the

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. He was a Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Security and Defense in from 2001 to 2017. Since November 2019, he has been appointed advisor to the head of the Russian Social and Political Center Foundation (ROSPOLITIKA).

Military service

He was last ranked a colonel, when he left the army in 1991.

Education

He is a candidate of Legal Sciences.

Family

He is married has a son and a daughter. His daughter, Marina, is the deputy Head of the Organizational Directorate and the Head of the Department of the Office of the Federation Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozerov, Viktor 1958 births Living people People from Abakan Lenin Military Political Academy alumni Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova) Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class Soviet colonels Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) Russian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions