Mordvichev Andrei Nikolaevich

Mordvichev Andrei Nikolaevich

Education

In 1997 he graduated from the Novosibirsk Higher Combined Arms Command School, in 2006 - the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Career

2016-2024

In 2016, Mordvichev was appointed to the post of deputy corps commander. In 2017-2019, he was the chief of staff - the first deputy commander of the 41st combined arms army of the Central Military District. In 2019, he was appointed chief of staff - first deputy commander of the 8th combined arms army of the Southern Military District. In 2021-2022 he was the commander of this army. In the spring of 2022, he commanded the group RF ARMED FORCES in the battles for. In Mariupol 2022-2023, he served as deputy commander of the Southern Military District, after which he was appointed commander of the Central Military District. On September 7, 2023, by presidential decree Russia , he was awarded the military rank of Colonel General.

Mordvichev was awarded the Orders of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, Alexander Nevsky, Zhukov, For Military Merit and the Order of Courage, as well as the Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree and the Suvorov Medal. He is a Hero of the Russian Federation (March 2024).

2025: Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces

On May 15, 2025 Russia Vladimir Putin , the president dismissed General of the Army from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Oleg Salyukov He was appointed to the post of Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

According to the Izvestia newspaper, Colonel-General Andrei Mordvichev became the new commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces. He was born on January 14, 1976 in the city of Pavlodar (Kazakhstan). Since April 19, 2011, with the rank of colonel, he was appointed commander of the 4th Separate Guards Kantemirov Tank Brigade named after Andropov. In 2016 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.^[1]

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