Sergei Stepashin
Sergei Stepashin | |
|---|---|
| Сергей Степашин | |
Stepashin in 2021 | |
| 2nd Chairman of the Accounts Chamber | |
| In office 19 April 2000 – 20 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Khachim Karmokov |
| Succeeded by | Tatyana Golikova |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| In office 18 January 2000 – 26 April 2000 | |
| Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 12 May 1999 – 9 August 1999 Acting: 12 May – 19 May 1999 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Deputy | Himself Nikolay Aksyonenko Mikhail Zadornov Viktor Khristenko |
| Preceded by | Yevgeny Primakov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Putin |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 27 April 1999 – 19 May 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Yevgeny Primakov Himself (acting) |
| Preceded by | Vadim Gustov |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Aksyonenko |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 30 March 1998 – 12 May 1999 Acting: 30 March – 24 April 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Sergey Kiriyenko Yevgeny Primakov |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Kulikov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Rushaylo |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 2 July 1997 – 30 March 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Valentin Kovalev |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Krasheninnikov |
| Director of the Federal Security Service | |
| In office 12 April 1995 – 30 June 1995 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Director of the Federal Counterintelligence Service) |
| Succeeded by | Anatoly Safonov |
| Director of the Federal Counterintelligence Service | |
| In office 3 March 1994 – 12 April 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Golushko |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin 2 March 1952 |
| Spouse | Tamara Stepashina |
| Children | Vladimir |
| Alma mater | Lenin Political-Military Academy, Finance Academy |
| Awards | Order of Courage |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union (1970–1991) Russia (1991–1999) |
| Branch/service | Internal troops Federal Counterintelligence Service Federal Security Service |
| Years of service | 1970–1999 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Battles/wars | 1991 Soviet coup attempt 1993 Russian constitutional crisis First Chechen War War in Dagestan (1999) |
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (Russian: Сергей Вадимович Степашин; born 2 March 1952) is a Russian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Russia in 1999. Subsequent to his tenure as Prime Minister he was elected to the State Duma, but resigned to serve as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, from 2000 to 2013.
Stepashin served in the Soviet Internal Troops and graduated from the Lenin Military-Political Academy. Prior to his premiership, Stepashin became a member of the Russian Congress of People's Deputies in the 1990 election. He defected from the parliament during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis and was appointed as director of the Federal Security Service by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994. Stepashin resigned in 1995 as a consequence of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis. He later served as Minister of Justice from 1997 to 1998 and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1998 to 1999. During his brief tenure as prime minister, he succeeded in negotiating an IMF loan for Russia and a restructuring of its debt. He also represented Russia at the G8 summit in 1999.