Ruslan Tsalikov

Ruslan Tsalikov
Руслан Цаликов
Official portrait, 2016
First Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
24 December 2015 – 17 June 2024
PresidentVladimir Putin
Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev
Mikhail Mishustin
MinisterSergei Shoigu
Andrei Belousov
Preceded byArkady Bakhin
Succeeded byLeonid Gornin
Acting Minister of Emergency Situations
In office
11 May 2012 – 17 May 2012
PresidentVladimir Putin
Prime MinisterVacant
Preceded bySergei Shoigu
Succeeded byVladimir Puchkov
Personal details
Born (1956-07-31) July 31, 1956
Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz), North Ossetian ASSR
PartyUnited Russia
AwardsOrder of Honour
Order of Friendship
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/service Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Years of service1991–2024
Rank1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation
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Ruslan Khadzhismelovich Tsalikov (Russian: Руслан Хаджисмелович Цаликов; born 31 July 1956) is a Russian politician best known as a former First Deputy Minister of Defence and Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.