Sergei Borisovich Ivanov

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Sergei Ivanov (2016)

Sergei Borissowitsch Ivanov ( Russian Сергей Борисович Иванов ; born January 31, 1953 in Leningrad ) is a Russian politician. From 2001 to 2007 he was Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation . For a time, he was considered the top candidate to succeed President Vladimir Putin in the 2008 presidential election .

From December 22, 2011 to August 12, 2016, Ivanov was chairman of the Russian presidential administration .

Life

Sergei Ivanov studied from 1970 to 1975 at the State University of Saint Petersburg in the language faculty, majoring in English and Swedish . He then began a long career for the KGB , with a focus on counter-espionage . Here he came into contact with his later sponsor Vladimir Putin . In 1990 he said he worked for the Soviet reconnaissance in a European country (Great Britain). When Putin was promoted to director of the new Russian domestic intelligence service FSB in 1998 , he offered Ivanov the position of his deputy, whereupon Ivanov moved from the foreign service to the FSB. In 2001, when Vladimir Putin was now President of Russia , Ivanov was appointed Minister of Defense. He was the first man in this position who did not come from the Russian military elite.

Since November 14, 2005 he also held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and was responsible for military affairs. On February 15, 2007, he was promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister by President Putin. Since, according to Putin, he could “naturally” no longer fill his position as defense minister due to his new tasks, Anatoly Serdyukov was appointed as the new defense minister.

Ivanov was dismissed as head of the presidential office on August 12, 2016 and appointed special representative for nature conservation and transport. His successor was the previous deputy head of the presidential office, Anton Waino . According to President Putin, Ivanov himself asked for his impeachment. Daniel Wechlin, Moscow correspondent for NZZ, saw the replacement as part of a gradual generation change in the Kremlin.

Son's accident

The eldest son of Sergei Ivanov, Alexander Ivanov (1977-2014) ran over a red light at high speed in his car in 2005 and hit a pensioner who was killed. In the ensuing trial, the defense minister's son was acquitted. In November 2005, the Russian broadcaster Ren TV canceled the program by the journalist Olga Romanova , who had reported critically on the incident.

Uncontrolled activities by Russian intelligence services

After the former acting president of the Chechen separatists Selimchan Yandarbijew was murdered in Qatar by agents of the GRU military intelligence service, a Qatari court sentenced Russian agents to prison terms. After diplomatically forcing their surrender to Russia, these agents were greeted by Ivanov on their return to Russia in 2005. After the murder of Yandarbiev, Ivanov pointed out that there was a lack of motivation for the removal of Yandarbiev. After the murder of the renegade former secret service agent Alexander Litvinenko , Ivanov repeated his reference to a lack of motivation.

In May 2014, the US government put Ivanov on a sanctions list as a result of the Ukraine crisis , which bans Ivanov from entering the United States.

See also

Web links

Commons : Sergei Ivanov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Long-time confidante: Putin beats Kremlin boss Ivanov. In: Spiegel Online . August 12, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ AFP / AP / dpa / ith: Vladimir Putin surprisingly dismisses Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergej Ivanov in Russia. In: welt.de . August 12, 2016, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ cvh: Putin surprisingly dismisses Kremlin administration chief Sergei Ivanov. In: Focus Online . August 12, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/staatsumbau-in-russland-putin-entmachten-ueberraschend-kreml-verwaltungschef-sergej-iwanow/14005522.html
  5. ↑ Christian Neef; Joachim Preuss; Matthias Schepp: A state that is self-sufficient . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 2006, p. 134 ( online ).
  6. ↑ Katja Tichomirowa: Brothers in the Spirit. Sergei Ivanov is the man the Russian President trusts most. Therefore, he should soon be his successor. In: Berliner Zeitung . February 17, 2007, accessed June 18, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Frank Nienhuysen: Russia - Putin makes Ivanov a strong man. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 15, 2007, accessed June 19, 2015 .
  8. ^ ZEIT ONLINE, AP, dpa, ft: "Putin surprisingly dismisses Kremlin administration chief" Die Zeit online from August 12, 2016
  9. ↑ Daniel Wechlin: Putin appoints new chief of staff , Neue Zürcher Zeitung on 12 August 2016
  10. ↑ Anna Kachkaeva (Interviewer): Interview: REN-TV News Editor Explains Her Resignation. In: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty . December 6, 2005, accessed June 19, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Johannes Voswinkel: I am advised against eating in restaurants. In: The time . December 7, 2006, accessed June 19, 2015 .
  12. ↑ These names are on the sanctions lists. In: The time . April 15, 2014, accessed June 19, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Ivanov, Sergei Borissowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Иванов, Сергей Борисович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad