Raŭkoŭ Andrej Aliaksiejevič

Position

Minister of Defence

Alternative spelling

Raukou Andrei Aliaksieevich

Organization

Government of Belarus

Career

In 1988-1997 he made a career from a platoon commander to battalion commander. In 1999-2003 he served as Chief of Staff and the Chief (commander) of storage base of weapons and equipment. From 2005 to 2012 he served as commander of a separate mobile brigade, chief of the operations department – deputy chief of staff of the Operational Command, Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Operational Command. In 2012-2014 – Commander of the North-Western Operational Command.
In 2012 he was elected to the Minsk regional council of deputies as Barysaŭ representative.

Position held since

2014

Year of birth

1967

Region of birth

Vitsebsk Region
Belarus

Education

Moscow Higher Military Command School, Military Academy of Belarus, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation