Alexey Gromov

Gromov with President Vladimir Putin at a 2000 news conference.

Alexey Alexeyevich Gromov (Russian: Гро́мов Алексе́й Алексе́евич; born 31 May 1960) is a Russian politician. He is Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia.[1]

Biography

Gromov was born in 1960 in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union. He studied history at Moscow State University, 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 Press Attache,[2] and, since 2008, as Deputy Chief of Staff.

Personal life

Gromov speaks fluent Czech, Slovak and English. He is married and they have two sons, Alexey and Danila.[3]

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