Yevgeny Zinichev

Hero of the Russian Federation
General of the Army
Yevgeny Zinichev
Hero of the Russian Federation; General of the Army Yevgeny Zinichev
Евгений Зиничев
	Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Emergency Situations
	In office; 18 May 2018 – 8 September 2021
President	Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister	Dmitry Medvedev; Mikhail Mishustin;
Preceded by	Vladimir Puchkov
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Chupriyan (interim)
Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service
	In office; 7 October 2016 – 18 May 2018
Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast
	Acting
	In office; 28 July 2016 – 6 October 2016
Preceded by	Nikolay Tsukanov
Succeeded by	Anton Alikhanov
Director of the Kaliningrad Oblast FSB branch
	In office; 4 June 2015 – 28 July 2016
Preceded by	Alexander Kozlov
Succeeded by	Vasily Petrenko
Personal details
Born	18 August 1966; Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	8 September 2021 (aged 55); Norilsk, Russia
Political party	Independent
Children	1
Alma mater	Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (until 1991); Russia (1991–2021);
Branch/service	Committee for State Security; Federal Security Service; Federal Protective Service; EMERCOM;
Rank	General of the Army

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Zinichev (Russian: Евгений Николаевич Зиничев; 18 August 1966 – 8 September 2021) was a Russian politician and military officer. He served as the Minister of Emergency Situations from 2018 until his death, and was also a member of the Security Council of Russia. In 2016, he served as the acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast before being replaced by Anton Alikhanov. He was last ranked General of the Army in 2020.