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Sergey Lebedev (politician)

Uzbek-Russian politician (born 1948)

Сергей Лебедев

Lebedev in 2018

Incumbent

Assumed office
5 October 2007Preceded byVladimir RushailoDirector of Foreign Intelligence ServiceIn office
20 May 2000 – 5 October 2007PresidentVladimir PutinPreceded byVyacheslav TrubnikovSucceeded byMikhail Fradkov Personal detailsBorn

Sergei Nikolaevich Lebedev

(1948-04-09)9 April 1948 (age 74)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union^[1]NationalityRussianPolitical partyIndependentAlma materKyiv Polytechnic Institute
Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign MinistryProfessionPoliticianMilitary serviceAllegiance

Soviet Union

RussiaBranch/serviceKGB
Foreign Intelligence ServiceYears of service1966–1997
2000–2007Rank

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.

Early life

Lebedev graduated in 1970 from the Chernihiv branch of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. A 1978 graduate (cum laude) of the Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Lebedev speaks German and English.

Early career

Before intelligence work, Lebedev served in the Army during 1966–72. He began his career in 1975 when he joined the KGB. He began duties in the First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) in 1975.

Lebedev was appointed as Director of the SVR on 20 May 2000. According to news reports, he was appointed to the post because President Vladimir Putin wanted "an intelligence chief whom he knows well and has confidence in". Putin and Lebedev met while serving in East Germany.^[2]

CIS Executive Secretary (2007–present)

On 5 October 2007, Lebedev was elected the Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States and succeeded Vladimir Rushailo.^[3]

In 2019, powers as the Chairman of the CIS Executive Secretary were extended for 3 years.^[4]

Honors and awards

Order of Bitaraplyk (2019, Turkmenistan)^[5]^[6]

Notes

^ "Биография Генерального секретаря СНГ Лебедева Сергея Николаевича - Исполнительный комитет СНГ".
^ Victor Yasmann, THE FUTURE OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE UNDER PUTIN, Radio Liberty, 2 June 2000
^ Executive committee of CIS is headed by the chief of Russian Intelligence Lenta.Ru 5 October 2007 (in Russian)
^ Сергей Лебедев продолжит свои полномочия в качестве Председателя исполкома СНГ
^ Президент Туркменистана наградил Председателя исполкома СНГ Сергея Лебедева орденом «Битараплык»
^ Президент Туркменистана подписал Указ о награждении Сергея Лебедева орденом «Bitaraplyk»

References

Center for Defense Information Russia Weekly #238
Renaissance Capital Research Portal

Government offices
Preceded by Vyacheslav Trubnikov	Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) May 2000 – October 2007	Succeeded by Mikhail Fradkov
Preceded by Vladimir Rushailo	Executive Secretary of CIS from 5 October 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent