Yevgeny Primakov
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Maksimovich and the family name is Primakov.
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov[lower-alpha 1] (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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Yevgeny Primakov | |
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Евгений Примаков | |
Prime Minister of Russia | |
In office 11 September 1998 – 12 May 1999 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
First Deputy | |
Preceded by | Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting) |
Succeeded by | Sergei Stepashin |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 9 January 1996 – 11 September 1998 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Andrei Kozyrev |
Succeeded by | Igor Ivanov |
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service | |
In office 26 December 1991 – 9 January 1996 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Trubnikov |
Director of the USSR Central Intelligence Service | |
In office 6 November 1991 – 26 December 1991 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Director of the KGB First Chief Directorate | |
In office 30 September 1991 – 6 November 1991 | |
Preceded by | Leonid Shebarshin |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Chairman of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR | |
In office 3 June 1989 – 31 March 1990 | |
Preceded by | Yury Khristoradnov |
Succeeded by | Ivan Laptev |
Personal details | |
Born | (1929-10-29)29 October 1929 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 26 June 2015(2015-06-26) (aged 85) Moscow, Russia |
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1950s–1991) Independent (1991–1998, 2002–2015) Fatherland – All Russia (1998–2002) |
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Relatives | Yevgeny Primakov Jr. (grandson) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Politician, journalist, diplomat, secret agent |
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