Viktor Ilyukhin

Viktor Ilyukhin
Виктор Илюхин
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on security
In office
January 1994 – 2000
Succeeded byAlexander Gurov
Personal details
Born
Viktor Ivanovich Ilyukhin

(1949-03-01)1 March 1949
Sosnovka, Penza Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died19 March 2011(2011-03-19) (aged 62)
Kratovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery
NationalitySoviet, Russian
Political partyMovement in Support of the Army
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1978–1991)
SpouseNadezhda Ilyukhina
ChildrenYekaterina (1979–2006)
Vladimir
Alma materSaratov Law Institute DI Kursk

Viktor Ivanovich Ilyukhin (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Илю́хин; 1 March 1949, Sosnovka, Penza Oblast – 19 March 2011, Kratovo, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian State Duma deputy, member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on security, member of the State Duma's anti-corruption committee, member of the State Duma committee to consider of the federal budget on the defense and security of the Russian Federation, and Chairman of the Movement in Support of the Army.

Ilyukhin was a sharp critic of the Soviet and Russian authorities since perestroika. Over the years, he brought charges of high treason against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and two Russian Presidents, Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.