Vladimir Shumeyko
Vladimir Filippovich Shumeyko (also spelled Shumeiko) (Russian: Влади́мир Фили́ппович Шуме́йко; born 10 February 1945) is a Russian political figure.
Vladimir Shumeyko | |
|---|---|
Владимир Шумейко | |
Shumeyko in 2018 | |
| 1st Chairman of the Federation Council | |
| In office 13 January 1994 – 23 January 1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Yegor Stroyev |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 2 June 1992 – 12 December 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Yeltsin (extraordinary) Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet | |
| In office 1 November 1991 – 1 July 1992 | |
| Chairman | Ruslan Khasbulatov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1945 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
In November 1991, Vladimir Shumeyko was appointed deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation. In May 1992, Shumeyko, leading a parliamentary delegation, visited Damascus. In June 1992, he became a first deputy prime minister of the Russian government and held that office during the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. In August 1992, Shumeyko announced that $1 billion of foreign investment was obtained for Russia. Shumeyko held the post of the chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia between January 1994 and January 1996.
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