Anatoly Perminov

Anatoly Perminov
Meeting of the partners of the ISS; Perminov is second from left
Born	June 16, 1945 Kirovskaya oblast, Soviet Union present-day Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Fields	Mechanical Engineering
Institutions	Russian Federal Space Agency Moscow Aviation Institute
Alma mater	Dzerzhinsky Military Academy of Rocket Forces
Known for	Russian Space Program Rocket Technology
Notable awards	Order of Merit for the Fatherland

Dr. Prof. Anatoly Nikolayevich Perminov (born June 16, 1945 in the Kirovskaya oblast, Russia) is a Russian rocket scientist and a mechanical engineer. He served as the General Director of Russian Federal Space Agency in 2004–2011.^[1]

Career

Anatoly Perminov graduated in 1967 from a military college with a degree in mechanical engineering, specializing in rocket engines. In 1976, he earned an advanced degree in Moscow from the Military Academy. In 1991 he again earned an advanced degree in Moscow from the Military Academy, after which he was appointed to the head of the Russian Department of Defense research test site. Here he organized the launch of hundreds of satellites and ICBMs. In August of 1993 he became the head of operations for missile weapons in the Strategic Missile Forces. He has been the director of Roskosmos since March of 2004.^[1]

Perminov has a PhD in engineering, and has authored more than 70 scientific papers and articles on space exploration. He is a professor of the Moscow Aviation Institute, where he chairs the institute's Operations of Launch Vehicles and Spacecraft department.^[2]

On 29 April 2011, Perminov was replaced with Vladimir Popovkin as the director of Roscosmos. The 65-year old Perminov was over the legal limit for state officials, and had received some criticism after a failed GLONASS launch.^[3][4]

NASA administrator Charles Bolden meets Anatoly Perminov at Mission Control Centre Moscow in Korolev, Russia.

Personal

Perminov is married. His wife is a teacher and they have a son.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} О руководителях агентства
2. ^ ^{a b} "Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency – Anatoly N. Perminov". Roscosmos. http://www.roscosmos.ru/about_rukovod.asp. Retrieved 2009-07-29. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Popovkin replaces Perminov at Russian space agency RIA Novosti 2011-04-29
4. ^ "Space Agency Chief Replaced". The Moscow Times. 2011-05-03. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/space-agency-chief-replaced/436139.html. 

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Name	Perminov, Anatoly
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Date of birth	June 16, 1945
Place of birth	Kirovskaya oblast, Soviet Union present-day Russia
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