Yevgeny Primakov

Yevgeny Primakov
Евгений Примаков
Primakov in 2002
Prime Minister of Russia
In office
11 September 1998 – 12 May 1999
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
First Deputy
Preceded byViktor Chernomyrdin (acting)
Succeeded bySergei Stepashin
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
9 January 1996 – 11 September 1998
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byAndrei Kozyrev
Succeeded byIgor Ivanov
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
In office
26 December 1991 – 9 January 1996
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVyacheslav Trubnikov
Director of the USSR Central Intelligence Service
In office
6 November 1991 – 26 December 1991
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Director of the KGB First Chief Directorate
In office
30 September 1991 – 6 November 1991
Preceded byLeonid Shebarshin
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Chairman of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
In office
3 June 1989 – 31 March 1990
Preceded byYury Khristoradnov
Succeeded byIvan Laptev
Personal details
Born(1929-10-29)29 October 1929
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died26 June 2015(2015-06-26) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
(1950s–1991)
Independent
(1991–1998, 2002–2015)
Fatherland – All Russia
(1998–2002)
Children
  • Alexander
  • Nana
RelativesYevgeny Primakov Jr. (grandson)
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, journalist, diplomat, secret agent
AwardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland" 1st class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 4th class Order Dostik 1st class
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov[a] (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015, Russian pronunciation: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj mɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕ prʲɪmɐˈkof]) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Foreign Minister, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and chief of the intelligence service. Primakov was an academician (Arabist) and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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