Ivan Ivanovich Yefremov (; born 26 January 1946) is a retired Russian military officer. He was born in the

Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast ( rus, Кировская область, p=ˈkʲirəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. As of the 2010 census, the population ...

of the

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. He joined the

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in 1963 at the age of 17. He graduated from the

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four years later. He later graduated from the

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in 1976 and the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1988. During his service after graduating the armored forces academy, he served at the

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in the

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, heading the tank division there. He later went on to serve at the

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and the

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, the latter of which he served as the First Deputy Commander of in the 90s. In November 1996, he became the First Deputy Commander of the

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. In August 1999, he became the Head of the

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. On 16 April 2001, he was the appointed head of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the

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. On 12 July of that year, he replaced General Nikolay Makarov as the commander of the military district. The rank of General of the Army conferred upon Yefremov by order of President

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on 22 February 2004. He commanded the 2005 Moscow Victory Day Parade held on

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in honor of the 60th anniversary of the end of the

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, a jubilee parade which was held in the presence of world leaders such as U.S. President

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, Italian Prime Minister

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and Kazakh President

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. By presidential decree on 6 June 2005, he was appointed head of the Military Academy of the General Staff. He is currently a leading analyst at the

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of the Ministry of Defense. He is currently married with a daughter and a son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yefremov, Ivan 1946 births Living people Generals of the army (Russia) Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni People from Kirov Oblast Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia) Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class