Alexander Alexeyevich Chekalin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алексе́евич Чека́лин) (b. 6 September 1947) was the First Deputy Minister of the Interior of Russia from 2000 to 2008. He expressed his support for mass arrests of protestors in the week leading up to the 32nd G8 summit, which was held in St. Petersburg from 15 - 17 July 2006.^[1]

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Colonel General Alexander Chekalin
Александр Чекалин
Russian Federation Senator from the Udmurt Republic
In office 12 May 2008 – 17 September 2017
Preceded by	Viktor Shudegov
Succeeded by	Lyubov Glebova
First Deputy Minister of Interior
In office July 2004 – 24 March 2008
Succeeded by	Mikhail Sukhodolsky
Deputy Minister of Interior — Head of the FMS
In office 2003–2004
Preceded by	Andrey Chernenko
Succeeded by	Andrey Chernenko
Deputy Minister of Interior
In office 2000–2003
Personal details
Born	(1947-09-06) 6 September 1947 (age 76) Vereya, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Awards
Military service
Years of service	1969–2008
Rank	Colonel General

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• Hero of the Russian Federation (2000)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (2008) and 4th class (2004)
• Order of Honour (2006)
• Order of Friendship (2006)^[2]
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1986)
• Medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class (1998) and 2nd class (1995)
• Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, 2nd class (Russian Orthodox Church, 2007)^[3]
• Candidate of Legal Sciences
• Honored Worker of the Interior Ministry
• Honorary Worker of the Interior Ministry
• Honorary Member of Russian Academy of Arts
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
• Medal of Merit in the conduct of national census

• List of Heroes of the Russian Federation

• (in Russian) Brief biography of Alexander Chekalin