Viktor Yerin

Viktor Yerin
Виктор Ерин
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
15 January 1992 – 30 June 1995
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byAndrey Dunayev
Succeeded byAnatoly Kulikov
Personal details
Born(1944-01-17)January 17, 1944
Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedMarch 19, 2018(2018-03-19) (aged 74)
Moscow, Russia
ChildrenLeonid Yerin
Alma materHigher School of the MVD
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/service Ministry of Internal Affairs
Years of service1964—2000
RankGeneral of the Army

Viktor Fyodorovich Yerin (Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Ерин; 17 January 1944 – 19 March 2018[1]) was a Russian politician and General of the Army who served as the country's first post-Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs (1992—1995). Hero of the Russian Federation (1993).