Leonid Shebarshin
Leonid Shebarshin | |
|---|---|
| Леонид Шебаршин | |
| Acting Chairman of the Committee for State Security | |
| In office 22 August 1991 – 23 August 1991 | |
| Premier | Vitaly Doguzhiyev (аcting) |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Kryuchkov |
| Succeeded by | Vadim Bakatin |
| Head of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB | |
| In office 6 February 1989 – 22 September 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Vadim Kirpichenko |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Gurgenov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1935 |
| Died | 30 March 2012 (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | KGB |
| Years of service | 1962–1991 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War |
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Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin (Russian: Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин; 24 March 1935 – 30 March 2012) was an intelligence officer and spy for the Soviet Union. He served in the First Chief Directorate (FCD), the foreign intelligence arm of the KGB. In January 1989, he was promoted to the head of the FCD when his former boss, Vladimir Kryuchkov, was promoted to KGB chief. Prior to that Shebarshin had served as Kryuchkov's deputy from April 1987.