Vadim Bakatin | |
|---|---|
| Вадим Бакатин | |
.jpg) Bakatin in 1988 | |
| Leader of the Inter-Republican Security Service of the USSR | |
| In office 6 November 1991[1] – 15 January 1992[2] | |
| Premier | Ivan Silayev |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Chairman of the KGB | |
| In office 29 August 1991[3] – 3 December 1991 | |
| Premier | Ivan Silayev |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Kryuchkov |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 20 October 1988 – 1 December 1990 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Alexander Vlasov |
| Succeeded by | Boris Pugo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1937 Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Died | 31 July 2022 (aged 84) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality |
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| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964–1991) |
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin (Russian: Вадим Викторович Бакатин; 6 November 1937 – 31 July 2022) was a Russian politician who served as the last chairman of the KGB in 1991. He was the last surviving former chairman of this organization. He was appointed to dismantle the KGB, but he was unable to control this organization and to fulfill the task[4] due to political reasons.[5] However, he was able to fulfill a plan to disintegrate the intelligence agency into separate organizations.[6] He ran for the Russian presidency as an independent candidate in June 1991.
- ^ Указ Президента СССР от 06.11.1991 N УП-2818
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 января 1992 г. № 22 «Об освобождении от должностей руководителей министерств и ведомств»
- ^ Постановление Верховного Совета СССР от 29 августа 1991 г. N 2370-I «О членах Кабинета Министров СССР»
- ^ Yevgenia Albats and Catherine A. Fitzpatrick. The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia—Past, Present, and Future. 1994. ISBN 0-374-52738-5
- ^ J. Michael Waller. Russia: Death and Resurrection of the KGB.
- ^ J. Michael Waller. Ibid.