Nikolay Kovalyov (politician)

Nikolay Kovalyov
Николай Ковалёв
Kovalyov in 1999
Member of the State Duma for Oryol Oblast
In office 5 October 2016 – 5 April 2019
Preceded by	constituency re-established
Succeeded by	Olga Pilipenko
Constituency	Oryol (No. 145)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office 29 December 2003 – 5 October 2016
Member of the State Duma for Moscow
In office 18 January 2000 – 29 December 2003
Preceded by	Andrey Makarov
Succeeded by	Sergey Osadchy
Constituency	Sheremetyevo (No. 205)
Director of the Federal Security Service
In office 20 June 1996 – 25 July 1998
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Mikhail Barsukov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin
Personal details
Born	Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov (1949-08-06)6 August 1949 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	5 April 2019(2019-04-05) (aged 69) Moscow, Russia
Political party	United Russia
Children	2
Alma mater	Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building (MIEM)
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russian Federation
Branch/service	KGB FSB
Years of service	1974-1998
Rank	Army General
Battles/wars	Soviet-Afghan War

Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Ковалёв; 6 August 1949 – 5 April 2019)^[1] was a Russian politician and member of the State Duma, where he chaired the Duma's Veterans' Committee. Kovalyov was the Director of the FSB from July 1996 to July 1998, when he was succeeded by Vladimir Putin.