Andrey Belyaninov

Andrey Belyaninov
Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia
In office 12 May 2006 – 28 July 2016
Personal details
Born	(1957-07-14) 14 July 1957 Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Alma mater	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Andrey Yuryevich Belyaninov (in Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Бельянинов, born July 14, 1957 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian businessman and government official. He is a Head of the Federal Customs Service since 2006. Belyaninov graduated from Moscow Plekhanov Academy of National Economy and holds a Doctorate in Economics. .^[1]

Biography

As a child, he starred in Eugene Karelov "Children of Don Quixote"^[2] Belyaninov graduated from the Moscow Plekhanov Academy of National Economy in 1978. After graduation he worked in the First Main Directorate of the KGB in East Germany. He was also a financial expert at the REA bank and chairman of Novikombank.^[3]

Career

• 1978–1991 he worked for the KGB.
• 1992–1999 he worked as a banker in several Russian banks.
• 1999-2000 he was the Deputy Economy General Director of Federal State Unitary Enterprise Promexport.
• 2000–2004 he was the Director General of Rosoboronexport.^[4]
• 2004-2006 he was the Director of the Federal Defense Order Service.

Awards

• Order of Friendship (Орден Дружбы)^[5]
• Certificate of Merit from the Government of the Russian Federation (2 November 2009) - for achievements in implementing the state customs policy and years of hard work

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