Vadim Bakatin

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Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin (Вадим Викторович Бакатин) (born November 6, 1937) was a Russian Soviet political figure. He served as the interior minister of the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1990. He was the last chairman of KGB in 1991 and the first chairman of Interrepublican Security Service between 1991 and 1992.

Born: 1937 November 6th, Kemerovo oblast.

Education: Novosibirsk Construction Engineering Institute. Academy of Social Sciences.

Career: 1960-71 - supervisor, chief engineer, director of construction works. 1964-91 - Member of the CPSU . 1971-73 - chief engineer of housing construction combine. 1973-75 - Second Secretary of Kemerovo City Committee. 1977-83 - Secretary of Kemerovo District Committee. 1985 - Inspector of CPSU Central Committee. 1985-87 - First Secretary of Kirov District Committee. 1986-90 - Member of CPSU Central Committee. 1987-88 - First Secretary of Kemerovo District Committee. 1988-90 - USSR Minister of Internal Affairs. 1990(Jan-Nov) - Member of the Presidential Council. 1991(Aug-Dec) - Head of KGB. 1991-92 - Head of Interrepublican Security Service. 1992 - Vice-President and Director of Department of Political and Internatinal Relations of the international "Reforma" Fund.