Oleg Belokonev

Major General Oleg Alexeyevich Belokonev (Belarusian: Алег Аляксеевіч Белаконеў, Russian: Олег Алексеевич Белоконев; born May 15, 1965) is a Belarusian general who was the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus from 2014 to 2019. He notably oversaw the Zapad 2017 exercise with Russia during his tenure as Chief of the General Staff.

Major General

Oleg Belokonev
 Belokonev in October 2018
Native name
Алег Аляксеевіч Белаконеў
Олег Алексеевич Белоконев
Born (1965-05-15) May 15, 1965
Barabash, Primorsky Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Belarus
Service/branch Armed Forces of Belarus
Years of service1983–2019
Rank Major General
Commands heldSpecial Forces of Belarus
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus
Awards Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of Belarus"

Biography
Belokonev (right) with the Chief of the General Staff of Russia, Army General Valery Gerasimov.

He was born on May 15, 1965 in a rural village in the Primorsky Krai region of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic. He first began his service in the Armed Forces of the USSR in the early 1980s. He graduated with honors in 1987 from the Omsk Higher All-Arms Command School and was immediately sent to serve in the armed forces thereafter. Belokonev then began to rise to the position of platoon commander and eventually commander of a motorized rifle battalion. He graduated with a gold medal from the Military Academy of Belarus in 1999 before going back into active duty service. In the early 2000s, Belokonev primarily served in the area of operations of the Grodno Military Commandant of the Western Operational Command.[1][2][3]

In August 2010, he was appointed commander of Belarusian Special Forces. Just 5 months later, on the eve of Armed Forces Day, Colonel Belokonev was promoted to the rank of Major General.[4] On January 11, 2014, he was appointed by President Alexander Lukashenko, to the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, also concurrently serving as First Deputy Minister of Defence of Belarus.[5] He is a recipient of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of Belarus" having been awarded the order in 2014. He was dismissed in December 2019.[6]

References
  1. "Белоконев Олег Алексеевич - Центр военно-политических исследований". eurasian-defence.ru.
  2. "Oleg Belokonev — Military information portal of the Ministry of Defence of Republic of Belarus". www.mil.by.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Национальный правовой Интернет-портал Республики Беларусь" (PDF). www.pravo.by.
  5. "Начальником Генштаба Вооруженных сил назначен Олег Белоконев". 12 January 2014.
  6. https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/prezident/naznacheny_novyy_ministr_oborony_i_rukovoditel_generalnogo_shtaba/
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