Rumsfeld with Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov
Washington, DC 1. US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Russian Defence Secretary Sergei Ivanov walking towards cameras and shaking hands 2. Pan from ...
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ">[sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof]; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and statesman. Ivanov was Minister of Defense of Russia from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008. After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia, Ivanov was reappointed a Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's second government. From December 2011 to August 2016, Ivanov was the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.
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Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration | |
In office 22 December 2011 – 12 August 2016 | |
President | Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Sergey Naryshkin |
Succeeded by | Anton Vaino |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
In office 15 February 2007 – 12 May 2008 Served alongside Dmitry Medvedev | |
Prime Minister | Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Dmitry Medvedev |
Succeeded by | Igor Shuvalov Viktor Zubkov |
Minister of Defense | |
In office 28 March 2001 – 15 February 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Mikhail Kasyanov Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Igor Sergeyev |
Succeeded by | Anatoliy Serdyukov |
Secretary of the Security Council | |
In office 15 November 1999 – 28 March 2001 | |
President | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Vladimir Putin |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Rushailo |
Personal details | |
Born | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 31 January 1953
Spouse(s) | Natalia Ivanova |
Children | Alexander Sergey |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University FSB Academy |
Military service | |
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Service/branch | KGB Foreign Intelligence Service Federal Security Service |
Years of service | 1975–2000 |
Rank | Colonel General |
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov (Russian: Серге́й Бори́сович Ивано́в; [sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof]; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and statesman. Ivanov was Minister of Defense of Russia from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008. After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia, Ivanov was reappointed a Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's second government. From December 2011 to August 2016, Ivanov was the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.
Before joining the federal administration in Moscow, Ivanov, a fluent speaker of English, served from the late 1970s in Europe and in Africa as a specialist in law and foreign languages. As an employee of the KGB in Soviet Union era, Ivanov became a friend of his colleague Vladimir Putin, who appointed him as his Deputy in the late 1990s.
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