and Aleksey Dyumin on 29 January 2016 In 1995, he served in the Russian
Federal Security Service, followed by the
Federal Protective Service. In August 1999 he started working as a personal
bodyguard of Vladimir Putin. In 2007, Dyumin became head of security of
Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. In 2012, Dyumin became the deputy head of the
Presidential Security Service.
Deputy chief GRU In 2014 Dyumin became the deputy chief of the
GRU,
Russian special operations forces, which has played a key role in the
Russian annexation of Crimea. According to the newspaper "
Kommersant", Dyumin orchestrated the evacuation of
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on February 23, 2014. Dyumin personally declined to comment on it and called all speculation as "myths". In 2015 Dyumin has served as Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Ground Forces. On December 11, 2015, Dyumin was promoted to
Lieutenant General. On December 24, 2015, by decree of President Vladimir Putin, Dyumin was appointed Deputy of
Defense Minister of Russia Sergey Shoigu.
Governor of Tula Oblast (2016–2024) Election at the
military school in Tula on 8 September 2016 On February 2, 2016, President Vladimir Putin appointed Dyumin as Acting
Governor of Tula Oblast. He succeeded
Vladimir Gruzdev, who left the post at his own request. Dyumin assumed the duties of Governor of Tula Oblast on February 4, 2016. For Dyumin, the appointment was a surprise. On February 9, 2016, Dyumin announced plans to participate in the gubernatorial election, which was held on September 18, 2016. He decided to run for governor as an independent candidate, but he was supported by
United Russia and the far-right
Liberal Democratic Party. Tula Oblast was the only region in 2016 where United Russia did not hold a primary for the selection of a candidate for governor. Dyumin won the election with a reported 84.17% of the vote. Dyumin took office as governor on 22 September 2016.
Governorship On 29 November 2017, at the III Congress of Railway Workers, Dyumin announced the planned construction of a high–speed railway between
Moscow and
Tula as part of the high–speed railway "South" (Moscow —
Rostov on Don —
Adler). Since 2017, according to Dyumin, preparatory work has been launched with the participation of
Russian Railways, the
President and the
Prime Minister. Upon completion of the high speed rail link, the time required to cover the 194 km distance between Moscow and Tula will decrease from the current two hours to only 55 minutes. In 2018, Dyumin was listed as the sixth most-powerful governor in Russia. He was reelected as an Independent candidate for Governor on 19 September 2021 with 83.58% of the vote. In 2021 Dyumin was promoted to the rank of Colonel General. Following the
Wagner rebellion, Russian media began discussing the possibility of Dyumin replacing controversial defense minister
Sergei Shoigu, one of the targets of the uprising. Dyumin is also said to have been a member of the negotiations for
Yevgeny Prigozhin during the rebellion.
Promotions in 2024 In May 2024, Putin appointed Dyumin as secretary of the advisory
State Council. On 30 September 2024, Putin appointed him to the
Security Council of Russia. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Rostec state-owned defense conglomerate since May 2024. ==Personal life==