Alexander Lukyanenko

Major General Alexander Alexeyevich Lukyanenko (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Лукьяненко) (born 13 September 1961 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Transnistrian politician who served as the 3rd Minister of Defence of Transnistria from 2012 to 2015 in the government of President Yevgeny Shevchuk.

Lukyanenko during a parade in 2012

He was born in Budapest, the capital of Hungarian People's Republic, as the son of a soldier serving with the Central Group of Forces. In 1978, he graduated from a Suvorov Military School in Ussuriysk and then at the Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School in 1982.[1] Throughout the next 30 years, he served in various units within the Soviet Army and the Armed Forces of Transnistria. On 26 January 2012, he was appointed Minister of Defense of the PMR. In August of that year, he was promoted to Major General.[2] On 30 December 2015, he was dismissed from military service and was transferred to the reserve.[3][4][5]

He is married and has a son and a daughter.[6]

References

1. "Лукьяненко Александр Алексеевич" (in Russian). Retrieved 2013-09-19.
2. "В связи с 22-й годовщиной образования ПМР присвоены специальные и воинские звания" (in Russian). 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
3. "Указ Президента ПМР № 452 "О прекращении исполнения обязанностей министра обороны Приднестровской Молдавской Республики и об увольнении с военной службы"". president.gospmr.ru. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
4. Биография на официальном сайте Правительства ПМР
5. Биография на сайте Министерства обороны ПМР
6. "Евгений Шевчук подписал Указ о назначении Татьяны Туранской Председателем Правительства" (in Russian). 2013-07-11. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-09-19.