Igor Dmitrievich Sergun

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Igor Sergun (2015)

Igor Dmitrijewitsch Sergun ( Russian Игорь Дмитриевич Сергун , born March 28, 1957 in Podolsk , Moscow Oblast ; † January 3, 2016 ibid) was a Russian officer. From 2011 until his death, Sergun was chief of the Russian military intelligence service GRU and deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces . Hero of the Russian Federation (2016).

Life

The age of sixteen in 1973 joined Sergun in the Soviet Army and attended in Moscow the first Suvorov - Military Academy and later the Military Academy (now Military Institute ). After that he had, most recently with the rank of colonel , commands and the like. a. in the Far East and in Omsk . Since 1984 Sergun, who had learned several foreign languages, worked for the military intelligence service. After attending the military academy, where he was trained as a diplomat and intelligence officer, he worked in the headquarters of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 1987, where he subsequently held various posts in the Russian military intelligence service Glawnoje Raswedywatelnoje Uprawlenije (GRU).

Sergun 2013 with the Russian Defense Minister Shoigu and the Chief of Staff Gerasimov

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Sergun graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in 1997 and became a military attaché in Albania in 1998 . In December 2011 Sergun was appointed major general as successor to Alexander Schljakhturows director of the Russian secret service Glawnoe Raswedywatelnoe Uprawlenije . In August 2012 Sergun was promoted to lieutenant general and on February 21, 2015 he was appointed colonel general .

As the commander of the Spetsnaz , Sergun belonged to the group of people sanctioned by the European Union since April 29, 2014 because of his contribution to the 2014 crisis in Ukraine .

Igor Sergun was married and the father of two daughters. He died suddenly in January 2016 at the age of 58 in a convalescent home in Podolsk as a result of a myocardial infarction . There are different details about the place and time of his death.

Awards (selection)

Web links

Commons : Igor Sergun  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Офицеры России прощаются с главным военным разведчиком Игорем Сергуном. kp.ru, January 4, 2016, accessed January 9, 2016 (Russian).
  2. ↑ a b Установлена ​​причина смерти главы ГРУ России Игоря Сергуна. In: lifenews.ru. January 6, 2016, accessed January 9, 2016 (Russian).
  3. ↑ a b While initially Moscow was named as Death (z. B. to Путин выразил соболезнования в связи с кончиной главы ГРУ Сергуна . Lifenews.ru January 4, 2016 Retrieved on January 9, 2016 (Russian). ) Reported the American information service STRATFOR later to have sources according to which Sergun had already died on January 1, 2016 in Lebanon ( A Mysterious Death Raises Questions in Russia. stratfor.com, January 6, 2016, archived from the original on January 9, 2016 ; Retrieved January 9, 2016 (English) .; See also: Начальник ГРУ России погиб в Ливане, а не в РФ, - источник. 112.ua, January 7, 2016, accessed January 9, 2016 (Russian). ).
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Ivan Jegorow: Шойгу выразил соболезнования родным начальника ГРУ Сергуна. rg.ru datum = 2016-01-04, accessed on January 10, 2016 (Russian).
  5. ↑ Путин соболезнует в связи со смертью начальника ГРУ Игоря Сергуна. In: ria.ru. January 4, 2016, Retrieved January 4, 2016 (Russian).
  6. ↑ a b c Сергун Игорь Дмитриевич. In: encyclopedia.mil.ru. October 4, 2015, archived from the original on October 4, 2015 ; Retrieved January 9, 2016 (Russian).
  7. ↑ a b Russian GRU military spy chief Igor Sergun dies. In: bbc.com. January 5, 2016, accessed January 9, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Defender's Day Promotions. In: Russian Defense Policy. Retrieved October 20, 2015 (blog entry based on this Russian document).
  9. ↑ EU sanctions: who is on the list? In: tagesschau.de. ARD , April 30, 2014, archived from the original on April 24, 2015 ; accessed on January 4, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 433/2014 of the Council of April 28, 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 on restrictive measures in the face of acts that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. In: Official Journal of the European Union . L 126/48.
personal data
SURNAME Sergun, Igor Dmitrievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сергун, Игорь Дмитриевич (Russian spelling); Sergun, Igor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Podolsk
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 2016
Place of death Podolsk , Russia