Sergei Stepashin
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| Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin | |
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| In office May 12, 1999 – August 9, 1999 |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
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| Preceded by | Yevgeny Primakov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Putin |
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| Born | March 2, 1952 (age 55) Port Arthur, China |
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (Серге́й Вади́мович Степа́шин) (born March 2, 1952, in Port Arthur, China) is a Russian politician. He was appointed federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994, and served in that position until 1995. He later became justice minister, serving from 1997 to March 1998, and interior minister, holding that office from March 1998 to May 1999, when he was appointed and confirmed by parliament as prime minister. Yeltsin made it fairly clear when he appointed him Prime Minister that Stepashin would only hold the position temporarily, and he was replaced in August 1999 by future president Vladimir Putin.
Following his resignation from the position of Prime Minister, Stepashin joined the political party Yabloko for the Russian parliamentary elections of 2001 and was elected to the Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament. Later on he resigned his parliamentary seat and became head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, the federal audit agency. He holds his job to date.
Boris Yeltsin stated in 2005 that he considered Sergei Stepashin for his successor for President but was unhappy with his lack of enthusiasm over the Chechen War.
[edit] External links
- Official biography
- (Russian) A biography of Stepashin by V. Pribylovsky
| Preceded by Anatoly Kurkov |
Chief of the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast MBR/FSK Directorate November 29, 1991, - 1992 |
Succeeded by Viktor Cherkesov |
| Preceded by Nikolay Golushko |
Director of FSK/FSB 1994—1995 |
Succeeded by Mikhail Barsukov |
| Preceded by Valentin Kovalyov |
Justice Minister of Russia 1997—1998 |
Succeeded by Pavel Krasheninnikov |
| Preceded by Anatoly Kulikov |
Interior Minister of Russia 1998—1999 |
Succeeded by Vladimir Rushailo |
| Preceded by Yevgeniy Primakov |
Prime Minister of Russia May 12—August 9, 1999 |
Succeeded by Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by Khachim Karmokov |
Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia 2000 – present |
Incumbent |
| Prime Ministers of Russia since 1990 |  |
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 Ivan Silayev • Oleg Lobov* •  Boris Yeltsin • Yegor Gaidar* • Viktor Chernomyrdin • Boris Yeltsin* • Sergei Kiriyenko • Viktor Chernomyrdin* • Yevgeny Primakov • Sergei Stepashin • Vladimir Putin • Mikhail Kasyanov • Viktor Khristenko* • Mikhail Fradkov* denotes acting |
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