Sergei Shoigu

Sergei Shoigu
Sergei Shoigu
Сергей Шойгу
	Official portrait, 2014
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 May 2024
Chairman	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Nikolai Patrushev
7th Minister of Defence
	In office; 6 November 2012 – 12 May 2024
Prime Minister	Dmitry Medvedev; Mikhail Mishustin;
First Deputy	Arkady Bakhin; Ruslan Tsalikov
Preceded by	Anatoly Serdyukov
Succeeded by	Andrey Belousov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS
	In office; 11 December 2012 – 3 July 2024
Preceded by	Anatoly Serdyukov
Succeeded by	Andrey Belousov
Governor of Moscow Oblast
	In office; 11 May 2012 – 6 November 2012
Deputy	Ruslan Tsalikov
Preceded by	Boris Gromov
Succeeded by	Ruslan Tsalikov (acting)
Leader of United Russia
	In office; 1 December 2001 – 27 November 2004 Serving with Yury Luzhkov and Mintimer Shaimiev
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Boris Gryzlov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
	In office; 10 January 2000 – 18 May 2000
Prime Minister	Vladimir Putin; Mikhail Kasyanov (acting);
Leader of Unity
	In office; 3 October 1999 – 1 December 2001
Minister of Emergency Situations
	In office; 17 April 1991 – 11 May 2012
President	List Boris Yeltsin; Vladimir Putin; Dmitry Medvedev; Vladimir Putin;
Prime Minister	List Ivan Silayev; Oleg Lobov (acting); Boris Yeltsin (as President); Yegor Gaidar (acting); Viktor Chernomyrdin; Sergey Kiriyenko; Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting); Yevgeny Primakov; Sergei Stepashin; Vladimir Putin; Mikhail Kasyanov; Viktor Khristenko (acting); Mikhail Fradkov; Viktor Zubkov; Vladimir Putin; Viktor Zubkov (acting); Dmitry Medvedev;
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ruslan Tsalikov (acting); Vladimir Puchkov;
Member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
	In office; 6 November 2012 – 12 May 2024
Personal details
Born	21 May 1955; Chadan, Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union
Party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1977–1991); Independent (1991–1995); Our Home – Russia (1995–1999); Unity (1999–2001); United Russia (2001–present);
Spouse	Irina Shoigu
Children	2, including Yulia
Parent	Kuzhuget Shoigu (father);
Relatives	Larisa Shoigu (sister)
Alma mater	Krasnoyarsk Polytechnical Institute
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation; Order of St. Andrew (with swords);
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Russia
Branch/service	Military Council of the Civil Defence Troops
Years of service	1991–present
Rank	General of the Army
Battles/wars	Insurgency in the North Caucasus; Syrian Civil War; Russo-Ukrainian War Annexation of Crimea; Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) (chairman); ;

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Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia from 2012 to 2024. Shoigu served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States from 2012 to 2024.

Shoigu was the Minister of Emergency Situations from 1991 to 2012. He briefly served as the governor of Moscow Oblast in 2012. A close confidant and ally of president Vladimir Putin, Shoigu belongs to the siloviki of Putin's inner circle. He was entrusted with the task of supervising the Russo-Ukrainian war since 2022. A feud between Shoigu and Yevgeny Prigozhin led to a mutiny by the Wagner Group in June 2023. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Shoigu on charges of alleged war crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In May 2024, Putin replaced Shoigu with Andrey Belousov as defense minister, appointing the former to be the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.