Konstantin Kobets

Konstantin Kobets
Константин Кобец
State Adviser of the RSFSR for Defense
In office
10 September 1991 – 25 March 1992
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
1st Minister of Defence
In office
20 August 1991 – 9 September 1991
Succeeded bytemporarily abolished
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (1991-1992)
as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin (Acting) (1992)
Personal details
BornKonstantin Ivanovich Kobets
(1939-07-16)16 July 1939
Died31 December 2012(2012-12-31) (aged 73)
CitizenshipRussian
Professionmilitary officer, politician
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Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets (Russian: Константин Иванович Кобец; Ukrainian: Костянтин Іванович Кобець; 16 July 1939 – 31 December 2012) was a Russian army general. In early 1991 he was serving as Deputy Chief of the Soviet General Staff for communications.