Alexander Pavlovsky
Alexander Pavlovsky | |
|---|---|
Аляксандр Паўлоўскі | |
| Chairman of the State Border Committee | |
| In office 4 September 1996 – 10 April 2007 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Preceded by | Vasily Morkovkin |
| Succeeded by | Igor Rachkovsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1950 |
| Alma mater | Kazan Higher Tank Command School Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Belarus |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army Armed Forces of Belarus Border Guard Service of Belarus |
| Years of service | 1971–2007 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Awards | Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders" Order of Friendship Order "For Service to the Motherland" |
Alexander Alekseyevich Pavlovsky (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Павловский; born 14 February 1950) is a Belarusian lieutenant general who served as chairman of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus from 1996 to 2007.
Born into a military family in Russia, Pavlovsky served in the Red Army, first in the Moscow Military District and, from 1979, in the Byelorussian SSR. He participated in the creation of the military of independent Belarus and was transferred to the border troops in 1996. After his dismissal in 2007, he served as the Belarusian ambassador to France from 2008 to 2012 and later worked as a consultant in the Belarusian military sector. Pavlovsky also appeared as an expert in Belarusian state media, where he commented on international affairs.