signed the relevant decree today ,

his press service reports.

Previously

held the position of First Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces - Chief of the Armed Forces Staff.

Fedin's predecessor as Deputy Minister, Major General

was dismissed from his post and dismissed from military service due to illness.

Andrei Fedin

is 52 years old.

He graduated from the Kharkiv Guards Higher Tank Command School, writes Zerkalo.

He served in the Belarusian army in various positions, in 1999 he became a trainee at the command and staff faculty of the Military Academy of Belarus.

After completing the training (with honors and a gold medal), he was appointed senior officer of the 1st department (organizational, planning and supply) of the armored service of the Armed Forces of Belarus.

In 2008, from the position of deputy commander for armaments - head of the technical unit of the 103rd Separate Guards Mobile Brigade, he entered the faculty of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus.

After his graduation (with honors), he worked his way up from Deputy Commander of Armaments - Chief of the Weapons Department of the Western Operational Command to First Deputy Chief of Armaments of the Armed Forces - Chief of the Armaments Staff.

Awarded with various state awards - medals "For impeccable service" of the II and III degrees, the order "For service to the Motherland" of the III degree, the medal "For distinction in military service".