Yevgeny Primakov

Yevgeny Primakov
Yevgeny Primakov
Евгений Примаков
	Primakov in 2002
Prime Minister of Russia
	In office; 11 September 1998 – 12 May 1999
President	Boris Yeltsin
First Deputy	Yuri Maslyukov; Vadim Gustov; Sergei Stepashin;
Preceded by	Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting)
Succeeded by	Sergei Stepashin
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 9 January 1996 – 11 September 1998
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Andrei Kozyrev
Succeeded by	Igor Ivanov
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
	In office; 26 December 1991 – 9 January 1996
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Trubnikov
Director of the USSR Central Intelligence Service
	In office; 6 November 1991 – 26 December 1991
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Director of the KGB First Chief Directorate
	In office; 30 September 1991 – 6 November 1991
Preceded by	Leonid Shebarshin
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chairman of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
	In office; 3 June 1989 – 31 March 1990
Preceded by	Yury Khristoradnov
Succeeded by	Ivan Laptev
Personal details
Born	29 October 1929; Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	26 June 2015 (aged 85); Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union; (1950s–1991); Independent; (1991–1998, 2002–2015); Fatherland – All Russia; (1998–2002)
Children	Alexander; Nana;
Relatives	Yevgeny Primakov Jr. (grandson)
Alma mater	Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies; Moscow State University;
Occupation	Politician, journalist, diplomat, secret agent
Awards	; ;
	Central institution membership 1989–1990: Candidate member, 27th Politburo ; 1989–1990: Full member, 27th Central Committee ; Other offices held 1991–1996: Director, Foreign Intelligence Service ; 1991–1991: Director, Centre for Strategic Research ; 1991–1991: Director, KGB First Chief Directorate ; 1989–1990: Chairman, Soviet of the Union ;

Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov^[a] (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015, Russian pronunciation: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj mɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕ prʲɪmɐˈkof]) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Foreign Minister, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and chief of the intelligence service. Primakov was an academician (Arabist) and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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