Andrei Ravkov

Lieutenant General Andrei Alekseyevich Ravkov (Belarusian: Андрэй Аляксеевіч Раўкоў, born on 25 June 1967 in Revyaki, Vitebsk Region) is a Belarusian General and military leader who last served the current State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus in 2020.

Lieutenant General

Andrei Ravkov
State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus
In office
20 January 2020 – 3 September 2020
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Prime MinisterSyarhey Rumas
Preceded byStanislav Zas
Succeeded byValery Vakulchik
Minister of Defence of Belarus
In office
27 November 2014 – 20 January 2020
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Prime MinisterAndrei Kobyakov
Syarhey Rumas
Preceded byYury Zhadobin
Succeeded byViktor Khrenin
Personal details
Born (1967-06-25) 25 June 1967
Revyaki, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)Natalia Ravkova
Alma mater
Military service
Branch/serviceArmed Forces of Belarus
Years of service1984–Present
Ravkov with Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan.
Ravkov (left) in the Hongqi L5 during the 2019 Minsk Independence Day Parade.

Early life and career

In 1984, he graduated from Minsk Suvorov Military School. In 1988, he graduated with honors from the Moscow Higher Military Command School. He worked his way from the commander of the platoon to commander of the battalion. In 1999, he graduated with a gold medal from the Command and Staff Department of the Military Academy of Belarus. In 2005, he graduated with honours from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and was appointed commander of the 103rd Separate Guards Mobile Brigade. From 2006 to 2012 he served as Chief of the Operations Department and concurrently as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Western Operational Command. On 16 November 2012, he became Commander of the North Western Operational Command.[1] That year, he was elected to the Minsk regional council of deputies from Borisov. By order of President Alexander Lukashenko on 24 November 2014, he was appointed to the post of Minister of Defence.[2]

Activities as Minister of Defense

In the run-up to the 2015 Minsk Victory Day Parade, Ravkov ordered the changing of the open top inspection vehicle used on Victors Avenue from the traditional ZIL-41044 to the Hongqi L5, which is an official state car in China.[3] In 2017, after the death of a conscript soldier Alexander Korzhich due to repeated hazing, he reaffirmed his support in the conscription system while conceding that it needed changes due to the lack of recruits. In late September 2017, Ravkov presided over the Zapad 2017 exercise with Russia. He announced in November 2018 that the national defence plan for 2019 will be adjusted to come in line with the most recent military doctrine.[4]

In June 2019, he announced the entry of a bill in the House of Representatives, the largest of its provisions being a mechanism that institutes mandatory military service. In the substantiation of the law's draft, authored by Ravkov, the need to for this is justified by the fact that the chairmen of local executive authorities and their deputies head their own territorial defense zones. On 28 June, 2019, the House of Representatives passed this bill in second reading. After the law enters into force, eligible graduates of higher educational institutions such as Belarusian State University are required to engage in military service immediately and will not be able to continue their postgraduate studies.[5][6][7][8][9] He was dismissed in January 2020, succeeding Stanislav Zas as Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus.[10]

Security Council chief

He was dismissed on 3 September 2020, being succeeded by the Chairman of the KGB, Valery Vakulchik.[11]

Post-military

On 19 November, he was appointed as the Ambassador to Azerbaijan.[12]

Dates of rank
Promotions
InsigniaRankDate
Colonel2004[13]
Major General2011
Lieutenant General2015[14]


See also

References
  1. "Andrei Ravkov — Military information portal of the Ministry of Defence of Republic of Belarus". Mil.by. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. Andrei Ravkov appointed Belarus' Defense Minister Belarusian Telegraph Agency
  3. "Hongqi L5 Convertible Parade Car Debuts In Belarus". 17 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. https://m.eng.belta.by/society/view/belarus-to-adjust-national-defense-plan-in-2019-116240-2018/
  5. "Обратите внимание на воспитание детей не только для армии". Равков обратился к родителям
  6. Равков: По результатам проверки в 16 частях после смерти Коржича заведено 48 дел
  7. Министр обороны анонсировал изменения в отсрочках от армии. По здоровью останутся
  8. Не служившие в армии без веских оснований не смогут поступить на госслужбу. Как меняются правила призыва
  9. Минобороны закрепило в проекте закона требование только одной отсрочки от службы
  10. https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/prezident/naznacheny_novyy_ministr_oborony_i_rukovoditel_generalnogo_shtaba/
  11. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN25U1I0
  12. https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/prezident/kadrovye_izmeneniya_zatronuli_sistemu_dippredstavitelstv_belarusi_za_rubezhom_i_mvd_/
  13. "Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 26 мая 2004 г. № 253 «О присвоении воинских и специальных званий»". Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  14. Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 22 февраля 2011 г. № 63 «О присвоении О. А. Белоконеву воинского звания»
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