Vadim Bakatin

Vadim Bakatin
Vadim Bakatin
Вадим Бакатин
	Bakatin in 1988
Leader of the Inter-Republican Security Service of the USSR
	In office; 6 November 1991 – 15 January 1992
Premier	Ivan Silayev
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Chairman of the KGB
	In office; 29 August 1991 – 3 December 1991
Premier	Ivan Silayev
Preceded by	Vladimir Kryuchkov
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union
	In office; 20 October 1988 – 1 December 1990
Premier	Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded by	Alexander Vlasov
Succeeded by	Boris Pugo
Personal details
Born	6 November 1937; Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union
Died	31 July 2022 (aged 84); Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet (1937–1991); Russian (1991–2022);
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964–1991)

Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin (Russian: Вадим Викторович Бакатин; 6 November 1937 – 31 July 2022) was a Russian politician who served as the last chairman of the KGB in 1991. He was the last surviving former chairman of this organization. He was appointed to dismantle the KGB, but he was unable to control this organization and to fulfill the task^[4] due to political reasons.^[5] However, he was able to fulfill a plan to disintegrate the intelligence agency into separate organizations.^[6] He ran for the Russian presidency as an independent candidate in June 1991.

^ Указ Президента СССР от 06.11.1991 N УП-2818
^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 января 1992 г. № 22 «Об освобождении от должностей руководителей министерств и ведомств»
^ Постановление Верховного Совета СССР от 29 августа 1991 г. N 2370-I «О членах Кабинета Министров СССР»
^ Yevgenia Albats and Catherine A. Fitzpatrick. The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia—Past, Present, and Future. 1994. ISBN 0-374-52738-5
^ J. Michael Waller. Russia: Death and Resurrection of the KGB.
^ J. Michael Waller. Ibid.

[1] Указ Президента СССР от 06.11.1991 N УП-2818

[2] Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 января 1992 г. № 22 «Об освобождении от должностей руководителей министерств и ведомств»

[3] Постановление Верховного Совета СССР от 29 августа 1991 г. N 2370-I «О членах Кабинета Министров СССР»

[Albats-4] Yevgenia Albats and Catherine A. Fitzpatrick. The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia—Past, Present, and Future. 1994. ISBN 0-374-52738-5

[5] J. Michael Waller. Russia: Death and Resurrection of the KGB.

[auto-6] J. Michael Waller. Ibid.

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