Alexander Shishlyannikov

Colonel Alexander Vladimirovich Shishlyannikov (Russian:Александр Владимирович Шишлянников) is a Tajik military officer and the first Minister of Defence of Tajikistan, serving from 1993 to 1995. He is an ethnic Russian.

Biography
Alexander Shishlyannikov was born on November 3, 1950 in Tashkent, the capital of the Uzbek SSR. In 1971, he graduated from the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School in Chirchik in 1971, and 10 years later, in 1981, he graduated from the Military Academy of Armored Forces in Moscow. In the 1980s, Shishlyannikov served in the Central and Turkestan Military District, as well as the Western Group of Forces. In January 1993, Shishlyannikov was appointed as the first defense minister of Tajikistan. One month later on February 23, Shishlyannikov would lead the celebrations in honor of the founding of the Tajik Armed Forces. He was relieved of his post on April 7, 1995, being succeeded by Sherali Khayrulloyev.