Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Ivanov
Сергей Иванов
Ivanov in 2019
Special Presidential Envoy on the Issues of Environmental Activities, Ecology and Transport
Assumed office
12 August 2016
PresidentVladimir Putin
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration
In office
22 December 2011 – 12 August 2016
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Preceded bySergey Naryshkin
Succeeded byAnton Vaino
First Deputy Prime Minister
In office
15 February 2007 – 7 May 2008
Serving with Dmitry Medvedev
Prime MinisterMikhail Fradkov
Viktor Zubkov
Preceded byDmitry Medvedev
Succeeded byViktor Zubkov
Minister of Defense
In office
28 March 2001 – 15 February 2007
Prime MinisterMikhail Kasyanov
Mikhail Fradkov
Preceded byIgor Sergeyev
Succeeded byAnatoly Serdyukov
Secretary of the Security Council
In office
15 November 1999 – 28 March 2001
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byVladimir Putin
Succeeded byVladimir Rushailo
Personal details
Born (1953-01-31) 31 January 1953 (age 71)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
SpouseNatalia Ivanova
ChildrenAlexander
Sergey
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
FSB Academy
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union (1975-1991)
 Russia (1991-2000)
Branch/serviceKGB
Foreign Intelligence Service
Federal Security Service
Years of service1975–2000
RankColonel General

Sergei Borisovich Ivanov (Russian: Сергей Борисович Иванов, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof]; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and politician who has been serving as the Special Presidential Envoy on the Issues of Environmental Activities, Ecology and Transport since 12 August 2016. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]

Ivanov had held the posts of Minister of Defense of Russia from March 2001 to February 2007, of Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and of First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008. After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia, Ivanov was reappointed a Deputy Prime Minister (in office: 2008–2011) in Vladimir Putin's second cabinet. From December 2011 to August 2016, Ivanov worked as the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.[2] Having served in the Soviet KGB and in its successor, the Federal Security Service, he holds the rank of colonel general.

Before joining the federal administration in Moscow, Ivanov, served from the late 1991s in Europe and in Africa (Kenya) as a specialist in law and foreign languages. As an employee of the KGB in the Soviet-Union era, Ivanov became a friend of his colleague Vladimir Putin,[3] who appointed him as his Deputy in 1998. He belongs to the siloviki of Putin's inner circle.

  1. ^ О присвоении классного чина государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации Иванову С.Б. (Decree 1701) (in Russian). President of Russia. 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Putin dismisses powerful chief of staff". News24. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ^ Иванов, Сергей — Руководитель администрации президента России [Ivanov, Sergey — Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia] (in Russian). Lenta.ru.