Sergey Lebedev (politician)

Sergey Lebedev
Сергей Лебедев
Lebedev in 2018
General Secretary of the CIS
Assumed office
5 October 2007
Preceded byVladimir Rushailo
Director of Foreign Intelligence Service
In office
20 May 2000 – 5 October 2007
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byVyacheslav Trubnikov
Succeeded byMikhail Fradkov
Personal details
BornSergei Nikolaevich Lebedev
(1948-04-09) 9 April 1948
PartyIndependent
Alma materKyiv Polytechnic Institute
Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry
ProfessionPolitician
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Russia
Branch/serviceKGB
Foreign Intelligence Service
Years of service1966–1997
2000–2007
Rank General of the Army
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Sergey Nikolayevich Lebedev (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Ле́бедев, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf]; born 9 April 1948) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since 2007. He had previously been General of the Army in the Russian Armed Forces and Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) from 2000 to 2007.