Aleksey Dyumin

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Aleksey Dyumin
Алексей Дюмин
Official portrait, 2018
Aide to the President of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2024
President	Vladimir Putin
5th Governor of Tula Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 September 2016 Acting: 2 February 2016 – 22 September 2016
Preceded by	Vladimir Gruzdev
Deputy Minister of Defense
In office 24 December 2015 – 2 February 2016
Minister	Sergey Shoygu
Succeeded by	Timur Ivanov
Personal details
Born	(1972-08-28) 28 August 1972 (age 51) Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Russian
Political party	United Russia
Spouse	Olga Dyumina
Alma mater	Voronezh Higher Military Engineering School of Radio Electronics
Profession	military officer, politician
Awards
Military service
Allegiance	Russia
Branch/service	Special Operations Forces  Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1994–2016
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Crimean crisis

Aleksey Gennadyevich Dyumin (Russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Дюмин; born 28 August 1972) is a Russian politician serving as Governor of Tula Oblast since 2016. Previously, he served as the chief security guard and assistant of Russian president Vladimir Putin before being promoted to lead the Russian military's Special Operations Forces, where he oversaw the annexation of Crimea in 2014. The following year, he became Deputy Minister of Defense.^[1] He holds the rank of lieutenant general and was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.^[2]