Leonid Ivashov

Leonid Ivashov

Leonid Grigoryevich Ivashov ( _ru. Леонид Григорьевич Ивашов) (born August 31, 1943) is a vice president of the Academy on Geopolitical Affairs and former Joint Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, general-colonel.

Leonid Ivashov was born in Kyrgyz SSR and graduated from Tashkent military school in 1964.

Between 1976 and 1984 he worked as a senior aid to the Soviet Minister of Defense Dmitriy Ustinov. In 1987 he became chief of the department for general affairs in the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Defense.

During the 1990s was in charge of military co-operation between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States as chief of the military cooperation department at the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defence.

After his retirement in 2001 Leonid Ivashov became an outspoken critic of and writes extensively on military affairs and geopolitics. He is known for his anti-Western and nationalist views. Leonid Ivashov is a member of the anti-imperialist conference Axis for Peace.

References

* http://www.ivashov.ru/ (homepage in Russian)
* [http://www.voltairenet.org/auteur122841.html?lang=en General Leonid Ivashov on Non Aligned Press Network]
* [http://www.argumentations.com/Argumentations/TagDetail_3398.aspx Dossier in Argumentations]


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