sergei ivanov

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	(1953-01-31) 31 January 1953 (age 63) Leningrad, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)	Natalia Ivanova
Children	Alexander Sergey
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State University FSB Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
Service/branch	KGB Foreign Intelligence Service Federal Security Service
Years of service	1975–2000
Rank	Colonel General

Meeting between Sergei Ivanov and President of China Xi Jinping, March 2016

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.