Sergei Stepashin

Sergei Stepashin
Sergei Stepashin
Сергей Степашин
	Stepashin in 1999
Member of the State Duma
	In office; 18 January 2000 – 26 April 2000
Prime Minister of Russia
	In office; 12 May 1999 – 9 August 1999
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Yevgeny Primakov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
	In office; 27 April 1999 – 19 May 1999
Prime Minister	Yevgeny Primakov; Acting PM himself
Preceded by	Vadim Gustov
Succeeded by	Nikolai Aksyonenko
Minister of Internal Affairs
	In office; 30 March 1998 – 12 May 1999
Prime Minister	Sergey Kiriyenko; Yevgeny Primakov
Preceded by	Anatoly Kulikov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Rushaylo
Minister of Justice
	In office; 2 July 1997 – 30 March 1998
Prime Minister	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by	Valentin Kovalev
Succeeded by	Pavel Krasheninnikov
Director of the Federal Security Service
	In office; 2 March 1994 – 30 June 1995
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Nikolai Golushko
Succeeded by	Mikhail Barsukov
Personal details
Born	Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin; 2 March 1952; Port-Arthur, Kvantun Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Lüshunkou, China)
Nationality	Russian
Spouse	Tamara Stepashina
Children	Vladimir
Alma mater	Lenin Political-Military Academy, Finance Academy
Awards	Order of Courage

Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (Russian: Сергей Вадимович Степашин; born 2 March 1952) is a Russian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Russia in 1999. Prior to this he had been appointed as federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994, a position from which he resigned in 1995 as a consequence of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis. Subsequent to his tenure as Prime Minister he served as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia from 2000 until 2013.

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