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Sergei Shoigu | |
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Сергей Шойгу | |
 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Secretary of the Security Council | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2024 | |
| Chairman | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Patrushev |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 6 November 2012 – 12 May 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| First Deputy | Arkady Bakhin Ruslan Tsalikov |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Serdyukov |
| Succeeded by | Andrey Belousov |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Serdyukov |
| Governor of Moscow Oblast | |
| In office 11 May 2012 – 6 November 2012 | |
| Deputy | Ruslan Tsalikov |
| Preceded by | Boris Gromov |
| Succeeded by | Ruslan Tsalikov (acting) |
| Leader of United Russia | |
| In office 1 December 2001 – 27 November 2004 Serving with Yury Luzhkov and Mintimer Shaimiev | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Boris Gryzlov |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 10 January 2000 – 18 May 2000 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Leader of Unity | |
| In office 15 October 1999 – 1 December 2001 | |
| Minister of Emergency Situations | |
| In office 17 April 1991 – 11 May 2012 | |
| President | List
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| Prime Minister | List
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Puchkov |
| Member of the Security Council of Russia | |
| In office November 2012 – 12 May 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 May 1955 Chadan, Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union |
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| Spouse | Irina Shoigu |
| Children | 2, including Yulia |
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| Relatives | Larisa Shoigu (sister) |
| Alma mater | Krasnoyarsk Polytechnical Institute |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russia |
| Branch/service | Military Council of the Civil Defence Troops |
| Years of service | 1991–present |
| Rank | General of the Army |
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Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu[1][a][b] (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia from 2012 to 2024. Shoigu has served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 2012.[3][4]
Shoigu was the Minister of Emergency Situations from 1991 to 2012. He briefly served as the governor of Moscow Oblast in 2012. A close confidant and ally of Vladimir Putin, Shoigu belongs to the siloviki of Putin's inner circle.[3][4] He was entrusted with the task of supervising the invasion of Ukraine since 2022. A feud between Shoigu and Yevgeny Prigozhin led to a mutiny by the Wagner Group in June 2023. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Shoigu on charges of alleged war crimes during the invasion of Ukraine.
In May 2024, Putin replaced Shoigu with Andrey Belousov as defense minister, appointing the former to be the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.[5]
- ^ "Sergei Shoigu : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation". Eng.mil.ru. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Sher, Max (26 February 2021). "A Journey to the Center of Asia".
- ^ a b Seibt, Sébastian (4 March 2022). "Shoigu and Gerasimov: Masters of Putin's wars". France 24. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ a b Kirby, Paul (3 March 2022). "Ukraine conflict: Who's in Putin's inner circle and running the war?". BBC News. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Putin sacks Sergei Shoigu as defense minister, appoints him as leader of security council". NBC News. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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