New appointments in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region

Police Major General Andrey Kalishchuk has been appointed head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Interior Ministry for Irkutsk Region, previously acting head of the regional directorate. The report also outlines his career path from service in Chelyabinsk to leadership roles in Irkutsk and Voronezh regions.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1183 of August 21, 2012, Police Major General Andrey Evstafyevich Kalishchuk, who had previously been acting head of the regional Interior Ministry directorate, was appointed head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region.
Andrey Kalishchuk was born on February 2, 1966, in Budapest. He entered service in the internal affairs agencies in 1990 after graduating from the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute. He worked in the Chelyabinsk City Executive Committee Internal Affairs Directorate as an OBKhSS operative, senior district inspector, and senior criminal investigator in the OBEP. In 1998, he headed the OBEP division of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for the Chelyabinsk Region. In 1999, he received a degree from Chelyabinsk State University in law. In 2000, he was appointed deputy head of the OBEP of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for the Chelyabinsk Region. Since 2003, he held the post of deputy head of the personnel department, and in 2006 he headed the internal security department of the same Main Internal Affairs Directorate. After graduating from the Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, he worked from June 2010 as deputy head of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for the Voronezh Region for economic security.
Since August 2011, he has been deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region, chief of police. In November 2011, he was awarded the rank of Police Major General.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region