Anatoly Nikolayevich Perminov (born June 16, 1945, in the village of Duvalovo, Kirov Region) is a Russian military commander and statesman, a colonel general, and a Doctor of Technical Sciences. From 2001 to 2004 he commanded the Russian Space Forces, and from March 12, 2004 he headed the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). His Nizhny Novgorod connection is defined by his birthplace in the Chernovsky District.[1]

Military career

In 1967 he graduated from the Perm Higher Military Command and Engineering School, in 1976 from the command faculty of the Dzerzhinsky Academy, and in 1991 from the General Staff Academy. He served in the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), successively holding the posts of engineer, senior engineer for automated control systems, and group commander; from 1976 he was deputy regiment commander for combat control, and from 1979 regiment commander, deputy commander of a missile division, commander of the 14th RVSN Division in Yoshkar-Ola, and first deputy commander of a missile army.[1]

In 1991 he was appointed head of the Plesetsk test cosmodrome. In 1993 he took charge of the RVSN Main Directorate for the Operation of Missile Armament and Military Equipment. From 1994 he was first deputy chief of the RVSN General Staff, and from 1997 chief of staff and first deputy commander-in-chief of the RVSN. From March 28, 2001 he was commander of the Space Forces. On March 12, 2004 he was appointed head of the Federal Space Agency.[1]

Scientific and public activity

Perminov is a Doctor of Technical Sciences (his dissertation topic was "Operation of Rocket and Space Technology"), the author of more than 70 scientific works, and a co-author of an aerospace system for monitoring and forecasting natural and man-made disasters. He is a professor at the Academy of Military Sciences and at the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), where he heads the Department of Operation of Rocket and Space Technology. He is a laureate of the Russian Government Prize for his participation in the creation of the Dnepr launch vehicle. He has been awarded the Orders "For Merit to the Fatherland," III and IV classes. In 2008 he received the rank of Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation, 1st class. Since 2005 he has been a member of the United Russia party.[1]

Links

  • Wikidata (Q487968 — entry in the free knowledge base)
  • VIAF (16647598 — Virtual International Authority File)
  • ISNI (0000000040166591)
  • GND (1067770909 — German National Library catalog)

Sources

  1. Kommersant (Volga Region) — Perminov Anatoly Nikolaevich