Igor Sergeyev
Igor Sergeyev | |
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Игорь Сергеев | |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 22 May 1997 – 28 March 2001 | |
President | |
Prime Minister |
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Preceded by | Igor Rodionov |
Succeeded by | Sergei Ivanov |
Personal details | |
Born | Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev 20 April 1938 War of Dagestan Second Chechen War |
Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev (
Career
Sergeyev served briefly in the Navy but later transferred to the Army, where he spent most of his career in the Strategic Rocket Forces. Sergeyev became commander in chief of the Strategic Rocket Forces in 1992. In this position he was in charge of securing the former USSR's nuclear weapons.[2]
Defense Minister
Sergeyev was appointed Minister of Defense in 1997 by
In December 1999, Marshal Sergeyev called NATO enlargement, in and of itself, a threat to global and European collective security and world politics. He particularly stressed the deployment and use of NATO forces out of area without a
Sergeyev was dismissed as defense minister in March 2001 and was replaced by Sergei Ivanov.
Sergeyev died on 10 November 2006 from the effects of blood cancer.
Criticism
Marshal Sergeyev is blamed by some for not effectively acting during the
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Russian Federation (1999)[5]
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class (28 March 2001)[6]
- Order of Military Merit
- Order of Honour(20 April 2003)
- Order of October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes
- Medal of Zhukov
- Order "Manas", 3rd class (Kyrgyzstan, 20 December 1999)
- Order Unification (South Korea)
- Order of the Yugoslav Star, 1st class (Yugoslavia, 23 December 1999)
- Award of the Government of the Russian Federation in the Field of Science and Technology
- Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy
See also
References
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- ^ "Донецкий коммуникационный ресурс". Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Биография Игоря Сергеева на Lenta.ru
- ^ Жизнь, посвящённая Отечеству. Памяти Маршала Российской Федерации Игоря Сергеева[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Указ Президента России от 27 июня 1999 года". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ "Указ Президента России от 28 марта 2001 года". Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2008.