First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation – Chairman of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecution Service of the Russian Federation

Alexander I.Bastrykin was born in 1953 in the town of Pskov. In 1975, he graduated from the Leningrad State University named after A.A.Zhdanov

1970-1975 – student of the Leningrad State University named after A.A.Zhdanov

1975-1977 – service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR

1977-1980 – post-graduate student of the Leningrad State University named after A.A.Zhdanov, city of Leningrad

1980-1982 – secretary of the Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (AULYCL) of the Leningrad State University named after A.A.Zhdanov, city of Leningrad

1982-1983 – Secretary of the Leningrad City AULYCL, city of Leningrad

1983-1985 – Secretary of the Leningrad Region AULYCL, city of Leningrad

1985-1986 – Senior Lecturer of the faculty of law, the Leningrad State University named after A.A.Zhdanov, city of Leningrad

1986-1988 – Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Leningrad State University named after A.A.Zhdanov, city of Leningrad

1988-1991 – Director of the Institute of Professional Development of Investigative Staff of the Prosecution Service of the USSR, Head of Investigative Tactics Department

1991-1992 – temporarily not employed

1992-1992 – Head of law department at the Trade Unions Humanitarian University, Saint-Petersburg

1992-1994 – Rector of the St. Petersburg Law Institute, city of St. Petersburg

1994-1995 – Professor of St. Petersburg the Law Institute, city of St. Petersburg

1995-1995 – Head of the Transport Law Department of the St. Petersburg State University of Water Supply Communications, city of St. Petersburg

1995-1996 – Professor of the Transport Law Department of the St. Petersburg State University of Water Supply Communications, city of St. Petersburg

1996-1998 – Legal Assistant Commander of the North-Western interior forces of the Russian Federation

1998-2001 – Director of the North-Western branch of the Russian Academy of Law of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, city of St. Petersburg

2001-2005 – Deputy Chief of the Federal Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the North-Western Federal District, city of St.Petersburg

2005-2006 – Head of the General Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the North-Western Federal District, city of St.Petersburg

2006-2006 – Head of the General Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Central Federal District

2006-2007 – First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation

Since 2007 – by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, was appointed to the post of the First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation – Chairman of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecution Service of the Russian Federation

He is 1st Class State Counselor of Justice.