Alexey Alexeyevich Gromov (; born 31 May 1960) is a Russian politician. He is First Deputy

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of the

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. He has the federal state civilian service rank of

1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 70px, Shoulder's rank 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation () is the highest federal state civilian service rank of Russia. The rank of the 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation was first introduced ...

. He has been referred to as "

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's media puppetmaster".

Biography

Gromov was born in 1960 in

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. He studied history at

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, specialising in Southern and Western Slavs and received his degree in history in 1982. For many years after his graduation, he worked for the Soviet and then the Russian government in their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs. He served the governments with appointments in Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Slovakia. Since 1996, he has worked directly for the president, first in the Press Office, then as

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, and, since 2008, after

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became the press secretary under

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, as Deputy Chief of Staff.

Sanctions

On March 20, 2014, the

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(OFAC) published that Gromov and 19 other men have been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN). On May 12, 2014, Gromov was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the

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. He is barred from entering the EU countries, and his assets in the EU have to be frozen. He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the

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Personal life

Gromov speaks fluent Czech, Slovak and English. He is married and they have two sons, Alexey and Danila.''Gromov, Alexei''
kremlin.ru, accessed 2015-10-11

References

External links

Official biography

Licence

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