Sergey Lebedev (politician)

His Excellency Sergey Lebedev
Сергей Лебедев
Lebedev in 2018
General Secretary of the CIS
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2007
Preceded by	Vladimir Rushailo
Director of Foreign Intelligence Service
In office 20 May 2000 – 5 October 2007
President	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Vyacheslav Trubnikov
Succeeded by	Mikhail Fradkov
Personal details
Born	Sergei Nikolaevich Lebedev (1948-04-09)9 April 1948 (age 74) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry
Profession	Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
Branch/service	KGB Foreign Intelligence Service
Years of service	1966–1997 2000–2007
Rank	General of the Army

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.