Sergei Stepashin | |
|---|---|
| Сергей Степашин | |
.jpg) Stepashin in 2021 | |
| 2ndChairman of the Accounts Chamber | |
| In office 19 April 2000 – 20 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Khachim Karmokov |
| Succeeded by | Tatyana Golikova |
| Member of theState Duma | |
| In office 18 January 2000 – 26 April 2000[1] | |
| Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 12 May 1999 – 9 August 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 | |
| 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 theFederal 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 theFederal Counterintelligence Service | |
| In office 3 March 1994 – 12 April 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Golushko |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (1952-03-02)2 March 1952 (age 73) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| 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[a] (Russian:Сергей Вадимович Степашин; born 2 March 1952) is a Russian politician who briefly served asPrime Minister of Russia in 1999. Prior to this he had been appointed as federal security minister forcounterintelligence byPresidentBoris Yeltsin in 1994, a position from which he resigned in 1995 as a consequence of theBudyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis. Subsequent to his tenure as Prime Minister he served as Chairman of theAccounts Chamber of Russia from 2000 until 2013.
Stepashin was born in Port-Arthur,Kvantun Oblast,USSR (nowLüshunkou, China) on 2 March 1952. He graduated from the Higher Political School of the USSR Ministry of the Interior (1973), he served in theinternal troops from 1973 until 1981, in 1981 from theLenin Military-Political Academy, and in 2002 from theFinance Academy. He is aDoctor of Law,Professor, and has a rank of the State Advisor on Justice of theRussian Federation. Hismilitary rank is colonel general.[2]
Stepashin served as the Head of theFSK (the predecessor of theFSB) from February 1994 until June 1995. He then becamejustice minister, serving from 1997 to March 1998, andinterior minister, holding that office from March 1998 to May 1999, when he was appointed and confirmed by parliament asprime minister. Yeltsin made it fairly clear when he appointed him Prime Minister that Stepashin would only hold the position temporarily[citation needed], and he was replaced in August 1999 by future presidentVladimir Putin.
Stepashin's attitude towards the Chechen conflict was markedly different from that of Vladimir Putin. Stepashin had, for example, presented leaders of the separatist regime in Chechnya with monogrammed pistols, praised the activities of the religious extremists who had taken over several Dagestani villages, and had proclaimed publicly: "We can afford to lose Dagestan!".[3]
After having been fired from the position of Prime Minister, Stepashin joined the political partyYabloko for theRussian parliamentary elections of 1999 and was elected to theState Duma, thelower house of theRussian parliament. Later on he resigned his parliamentary seat and became head of theAccount Chamber of the Russian Federation, the federal audit agency. He held this job until 2013.
Since 2007, Stepashin is the head of the revivedImperial Orthodox Palestine Society.[4]
On 27 March 2024, Stepashin met with the Vietnamese Ambassador to RussiaDang Minh Khoi (Vietnamese:Đặng Minh Khôi) who is an expert on China and Northeast Asia Department affairs for the government of Vietnam.[5]
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Director of the Federal Security Service 1994–1995 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman of theAccounts Chamber of Russia 2000–2013 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Minister of Justice 1997–1998 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Internal Affairs 1998–1999 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Russia 1999 | Succeeded by |
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| People | |
| Other | |
