Sigutkin, Alexey Alekseevich

Born on September 12, 1949 in the village of Myzovka, Epifanovsky district, Tula region .

Military career

He graduated from the Ryazan VVDKU , the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze and the Military Academy of the General Staff .

He participated in hostilities in Afghanistan , in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict (1992-1993), in Chechnya (1994-1995), in peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia (in 1996).

Mission in Abkhazia (1992-1993)

The mission in Abkhazia is the pinnacle of Sigutkin’s activities as a military leader and peacemaker.

During the period of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict of 1992-1993, the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation (which, along with Sigutkin were alternately commanded by two other deputy commanders of the Airborne Forces Alexander Chindarov and Viktor Sorokin), had the task of maximally securing the civilian population, preventing the conflict from escalating, and securing the most important objects of the Russian Federation in Abkhazia: the 24th special laboratory of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which conducted seismic reconnaissance, monitoring of test nuclear explosions in other states. In addition - to secure in the Pitsunda area - two defense research centers. In Sukhumi, the group secured the military sanatoriums of the Russian Federation and a branch of the Institute of Primatology, part of which was a monkey nursery on Mount Trapezia ^[1] . The group under the command of Sigutkin did not allow a helicopter attack by Georgian troops on Gudauta and the bombing of the city, where the leadership of Abkhazia, headed by Vladislav Ardzinba, was located . This was of great importance for the defense capability of the Republic of Abkhazia and the survivability of its military command and control bodies ^[2] . Sigutkin’s activities in Abkhazia objectively contributed to the success of the Abkhaz resistance forces.

In 2000, Sigutkin retired (resigned from the Armed Forces due to the reduction) as deputy commander of the Airborne Troops for combat training.

Public Service

In April 2001, Boris Gryzlov , who became Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation (appointed by President Putin on March 28, 2001), appointed Alexei Sigutkin as his adviser.

In May 2003, he was elected Secretary of the Pskov Regional Political Council of the United Russia Party.

State Duma

In the 2003 State Duma elections, he was nominated as a candidate from United Russia in the Pskov single-mandate constituency No. 141. At the same time, the Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation Boris Gryzlov, with the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry , the mayor of Moscow , ran for the United Russia election block Yuri Luzhkov , President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev ). During the election campaign in the constituency, Sigutkin relied on administrative resources and received the majority of votes (27.15%), outperforming main competitor Mikhail Kuznetsov (21.25%) ^[3] . In those elections, United Russia won a constitutional majority in parliament. In December 2003, the United Russia faction was registered with 300 deputies out of 447 possible. In the State Duma, Sigutkin was the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense in 2004-2007.

In the State Duma elections in December 2007, he was nominated as a candidate from United Russia as part of the federal list of candidates. December 2, 2007 was elected to the State Duma of the fifth convocation. He again became a member of the United Russia faction and a member of the Defense Committee. However, a month later, on January 16, 2008, deputy powers were terminated due to the appointment of the head of the State Duma Office. ^[four]

He headed the apparatus of the State Duma until 2011. He was replaced by Jahan Pollyeva .

He was awarded 4 orders and 10 medals, including the Order for Personal Courage and the Order of Courage.

Married, has two children - a son and a daughter.