Lieutenant-General Anatoly Ivanovich Yakunin (Анатолий Иванович Якунин; born February 11, 1964) is a Russian police officer who was

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(June 2012-September 2016). previously, he was the

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(2008-2012).

Biography

Anatoly Yakunin was born on February 11, 1964, in Krivtsovo-Plota village in the Dolzhan region in

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. Anatoly Yakunin has a law degree. He graduated from the

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of Interior Ministry of Russia, and then the Academy of Public Administration under the

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. His Service in the

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began in the Dolzhan Region Police Department as local inspector at the police station. For more than 20 years of service in the police, consistently and with dignity he rose from an ordinary police officer to the head of

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departments in the regional level. He held the post of Head of the Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and the Chief of the Criminal Police Department of the

. Then he served as first deputy chief and the Chief of the Criminal Police Department in the

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. From April 2011 to May 2012 he served as the Chief of Police in

, in his first office as Chief of

. On June 2, 2012, the

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signed a

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on the appointment of Major-General Anatoly Ivanovich Yakunin, as the Chief of the Moscow Police (Officially, Head of

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Directorate in

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). In April 2020, Anatoly was appointed Deputy Director of the Federal Correctional Service.Federal Correctional Service
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Honors and awards

He was awarded the state award: * Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order" * The badge "Honorary Worker of the Interior Ministry"

External links

Official Biography
from the

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Website
Yakunin Anatoly
visit card from

official website (in Russian)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakunin, Anatoly 1964 births People from Oryol Oblast Commissioners of the Moscow City Police Living people Russian municipal police chiefs