and initiated the merger of Almaz and Antei. Since June 2002 Ivanov has been the chairman of the board of directors of the result of the merger, OJSC Almaz-Antei Air Defense Concern. Since November 4, 2004, he has also been the chairman of the board of directors of JSC Aeroflot airline. Head of Federal Narcotics Control Service Since May 15, 2008, he has been a director of Russia's Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics and a chairman of State Anti-Narcotics Committee, which includes 29 heads of Russian ministries. In 2010, when the State of California in the United States had a ballot initiative asking voters about the legalization of marijuana, Ivanov public spoke out against it. He flew to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., to lobby against drug legalization, meeting with the Los Angeles mayor, Los Angeles county sheriff, and U.S. drug czar. In 2010, Rinat Akhmetshin penned an op-ed article for the Washington Times which was very supportive of Ivanov and his anti narcotics efforts. Sanctions On March 20, 2014, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Victor Ivanov and 19 other men had been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List. Personal Ivanov is married and has a daughter and a son. Notes References External links Viktor Ivanov biograph 1950 births Aeroflot Living people Russian media executives Politicians from Saint Petersburg 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Soviet military personnel of the Soviet–Afghan War Russian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions People from Veliky Novgorod