Gennady Burbulis
Gennady Burbulis | |
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Геннадий Бурбулис | |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russian SFSR/Russian Federation | |
In office 6 November 1991 – 15 June 1992 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Prime Minister | Boris Yeltsin (de facto) |
Preceded by | Oleg Lobov |
Succeeded by | Yegor Gaidar |
Secretary of State of the Russian SFSR | |
In office 19 July 1991 – 14 April 1992 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished (Himself; as Secretary of State under the President of the Russian Federation) |
Personal details | |
Born | CPSU (1971–1990) | 4 August 1945
Alma mater | Ural State University |
Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis (
Early life and education
Burbulis was born in the
His father Eduard Kazimirovich was a military pilot, and his mother Valentina Vasilievna Belonogova was an ethnic Russian. In 1962, he graduated from high school and went to work as an instrumentation fitter at the Chrompikovy Plant, and then at the Pervouralsky Novotrubny Plant.
In 1964, he began active military service in the Strategic Rocket Forces in the Kirov Oblast.[3]
He graduated from the philosophy department of Ural State University and later was awarded a Candidate of Science (Philosophy) degree. He taught in several institutions of higher education in and around Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).[1]
Career
In 1987, during the
In 1989, Burbulis became acquainted with Boris Yeltsin, who had been elected to the Congress of People’s Deputies with 90 percent of the vote. Burbulis nominated him to the post of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (the Congress’s standing body), which he was elected to on 29 May 1990. Yeltsin appointed Burbulis his authorized representative and deputy chairman of his Higher Consultation and Coordination Council.[1]
On 12 June 1990, the Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR passed a law on the sovereignty of Russia within the framework of the Soviet Union. Yeltsin declared his candidacy for the newly established post of president and Burbulis organized his election campaign. On 12 June 1991, Yeltsin won the presidency with 57 percent of the popular vote. On 19 July 1991, Yeltsin appointed Burbulis Secretary of State, a position he held until 8 May 1992, when the post was renamed State Secretary to the President of the Russian Federation (which Burbulis held until 26 November 1992). From 6 November 1991, until 14 April 1992, Burbulis was also First Deputy to the Chairman of the Government (Cabinet).[5] Effectively the second leader in the Russian government after Yeltsin, Burbulis was responsible for developing the strategy and overseeing the implementation of political and economic reforms. He also made significant contributions to the shaping of foreign policy and domestic security issues.[1]
Burbulis was one of the drafters and signers of the
By the end of 1992, Burbulis had become a lightning rod for criticism directed against the government’s reform policies. He served briefly (26 November 1992–14 December 1992) as the head of a group of advisors to the president and then left the federal administration.[5]
Later work
In 1993, Burbulis founded the Strategy Center for Humanitarian and Political Science.
In August 2009, he founded the School of Politosophy and was president of the Youth Forum of Modernizers, “My Russia.” He was also the president of the
Death
Gennady Burbulis died on 19 June 2022 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he took part in the Global Baku Forum at the age of 76.[9][10]
Personal life
He was married, Natalya Kirsanova, who studied with him at university, and taught philosophy at the Ural Forest Engineering Institute. They had a son, Anton, who lives in Moscow.[citation needed]
Honours and awards
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Rossiya 2000: Sovremennaya politicheskaya istoriya 1985-2000, Tom 2, Litsa Rossii, Moskva 2000, VOLD Dukhovnoe nasledie, ZAO NIR, RAU Universitet, p. 139
- ^ "Геннадий Бурбулис. "В гостях у Дмитрия Гордона". 1/3 (2016)". В гостях у Гордона. 24 March 2017.
- ^ Геннадий Эдуардович Бурбулис. Биографическая справка
- ^ "Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.
- ^ a b ""Мы творили новые ценности, новое мировосприятие, новый образ жизни"". polit.ru.
- ^ Ramani, Samuel (1 July 2017). "Interview with Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Burbulis on the USSR's Collapse and Russia's Transition from Communism". HuffPost. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ a b Minaev, Boris (23 June 2022). "Gennady Burbulis: Conducting the Orchestra of Revolution". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Sports news gzt.ru [dead link]
- ^ "Cкончался экс-госсекретарь РСФСР Геннадий Бурбулис". Interfax.ru (in Russian). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "В Баку скончался Геннадий Бурбулис". turan.az. Retrieved 19 June 2022.