Sergei Mikhailovich Smirnov
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sergei Mikhailovich Smirnov (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Смирнов, b. October 12, 1950, Chita, Soviet Union) is a Russian security services official.
In 1952 he moved to Leningrad and later became a classmate of Nikolay Patrushev and Boris Gryzlov at the school No. 211. Together with Boris Gryzlov in 1973 he graduated from M.A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Electroengineering Institute of Communications .
Since 1975 he has served in KGB and its successors, mostly in Leningrad/Saint Petersburg.
In 1999 he became the Chief of the Internal Security Directorate of FSB.
From January 5, 2001, to June 2003, he was the Chief of the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast FSB Directorate. Since July 2003 he has been a First Deputy Director of FSB, retaining his position after a major reorganization of it in July 2004.
[edit] External links
- Biography by Vladimir Pribylovsky (in Russian)
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Viktor Ivanov |
Chief of the Internal Security Directorate of FSB 1999 - ?? |
Succeeded by Sergei Shishin |
| Preceded by Alexander Grigoryev |
Chief of the FSB Directorate of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast January 5, 2001 - June2003 |
Succeeded by Alexander Bortnikov |
