Alexey Gromov

He has been referred to as "Vladimir Putin's media puppetmaster".

Alexey Gromov studied at MSU Faculty of History. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is civil service. Employment is recorded with Presidential Administration of Russia. Positions recorded include consul and Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff. Work by Alexey Gromov is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Order of St.

• Name — Alexey Gromov • Office — First Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff • Term Start — 21 May 2012 • Office2 — Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff • Term Start2 — 12 May 2008 • Term End2 — 21 May 2012 • President2 — * Dmitry Medvedev • Vladimir Putin • Successor2 — Anton Vaino • Office3 — Kremlin Press Secretary • Term Start3 — 4 January 2000 • Term End3 — 12 May 2008 • President3 — Vladimir Putin • Predecessor3 — Dmitry Yakushkin • Successor3 — Natalya Timakova • Born — 31 May 1960 • Birthplace — Zagorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Alma Mater — Moscow State University

Gromov was born in 1960 in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union. He studied history at Moscow State University, specialising in Southern and Western Slavs and received his degree in history in 1982. For many years after his graduation, he worked for the Soviet and then the Russian government in their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs. He served the governments with appointments in Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Slovakia. Since 1996, he has worked directly for the president, first in the Press Office, then as Press Attache, and, since 2008, after Natalya Timakova became the press secretary under Dmitry Medvedev, as Deputy Chief of Staff.

On March 20, 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Gromov and 19 other men have been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN). On May 12, 2014, Gromov was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. He is barred from entering the EU countries, and his assets in the EU have to be frozen. He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Gromov speaks fluent Czech, Slovak and English. He is married and they have two sons, Alexey and Danila.

Alexey Gromov is recorded as politician, diplomat and illustrator.