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
The head of the foreign intelligence service of the KGB USSR
In office 6 February 1989 – 22 September 1991
Preceded by	Vladimir Kryuchkov
Succeeded by	Yevgeny Primakov
Personal details
Born	(1935-03-24)24 March 1935 Moscow, Soviet Union
Died	30 March 2012(2012-03-30) (aged 77) Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality	Soviet and Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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.^[1] 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.^[2]