Sergey Vadimovich Stepashin

Born in the family of a Soviet naval officer, who served in the People's Republic of China; graduated from the Interior Ministry's Political Academy (1973) and Lenin Military and Political Academy (1981); member of the Communist Party (until 19 Aug 1991); served as militia officer in 1973-1990; people's deputy of the Russian SFSR/Russia (1990–1993); headed a state committee for investigation of KGB's activities after the August 1991 coup; chaired parliamentary committee for defense and security in the Supreme Soviet (Feb 1991 - 22 Sep 1993); deputy minister of security (1992-1993); supported unconstitutional dissolution of the Supreme Council by President Boris Yeltsin; resigned parliamentary office and was appointed first deputy minister of security (24 Sep 1993 - Dec 1993); first deputy director, Federal Counterintelligence Service (Dec 1993 - Mar 1994); director, Federal Counterintelligence Service (3 Mar 1994 - 30 Jun 1995; from 3 Apr 1995 - Federal Security Service); head, Administrative department, President Administration (from 10 Nov 1995); justice minister (2 Jul 1997 - 23 Mar 1998; 23-30 Mar 1998 acting minister); acting interior minister (30 Mar 1998 - 28 Apr 1998; 23 Aug 1998 - 11 Sep 1998, 12-21 May 1999); interior minister (28 Apr 1998 - 23 Aug 1998; 11 Sep 1998 - 12 May 1999) in the cabinets of Sergey Kiriyenko and Yevgeny Primakov; first deputy chairman of the Government (27 Apr 1999 - 19 May 1999); acting chairman of the Government (12 May 1999 - 19 May 1999); chairman of the Government (19 May 1999 - 9 Aug 1999); elected deputy of the State Duma (Dec 1999); term as deputy terminated with appointment as chairman of the Audit Chamber (19 Apr 2000).