Valentin Stepankov | |
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Валентин Степанков | |
 Stepankov in 1991 | |
| 1st Prosecutor-General of Russia | |
| In office 28 February 1991 – 5 October 1993 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Trubin (as Prosecutor of the RSFSR) |
| Succeeded by | Alexey Kazannik |
| Member of the State Duma for Berezniki constituency | |
| In office 17 January 1996 – 18 January 2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1951 Molotov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Perm, Russia) |
| Alma mater | Perm State University |
Valentin Georgiyevich Stepankov (Russian: Валентин Георгиевич Степанков; born 17 September 1951) is the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.
He once condemned an action by Boris Yeltsin in 1993, in which Russia faced a constitutional crisis.
He has also served as Russia's deputy natural resources minister. Before that he was deputy secretary on the Security Council, but in 2004 he switched from the Council to natural resources administration.[1][2][3]
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- ^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 05.04.2003 N 405". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 01.06.2004 N 712". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-08.