Sergey Lebedev | |
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Сергей Лебедев | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Sergey_N._Lebedev_2018.jpg) Lebedev in 2018 | |
| General Secretary of the CIS | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Rushailo |
| Director of Foreign Intelligence Service | |
| In office 20 May 2000 – 5 October 2007 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Vyacheslav Trubnikov |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Fradkov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergei Nikolaevich Lebedev 9 April 1948 (age 74) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union[1] |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry |
| Profession | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Branch/service | KGB Foreign Intelligence Service |
| Years of service | 1966–1997 2000–2007 |
| Rank | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:RAF_A_F9GenArmy_after2013.png){kind=small} General of the Army |
Sergey Nikolayevich Lebedev (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Ле́бедев, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf]; born 9 April 1948) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since 2007. He had previously been General of the Army in the Russian Armed Forces and Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) from 2000 to 2007.