General of the Army Sergei Nikolaevich Lebedev (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Лебедев; born April 9, 1948) became director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR, on May 20, 2000. Please see " Army General " for other nations which use this rank General of the Army (Russian Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Foreign Intelligence Service ( Russian: Служба Внешней Разведки (or SVR) is Russia 's primary external intelligence agency On October 5, 2007 Lebedev was elected the Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States [1]
Lebedev graduated in 1970 from the Chernihiv branch of Kiev's Polytechnical Institute. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Chernihiv, also referred to as Chernigov (Чернігів Чернигов Чарнігаў is a historic city in northern Ukraine. Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the A 1978 graduate (cum laude) of the Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Lebedev speaks German and English. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States
Before intelligence work, Lebedev served in the Army during 1971-72. He began his career in 1975 when he joined the KGB. KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty He began duties in the First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) in 1975. The First Chief Directorate (Russian Первое Главное Управление (or PGU of the Committee for State Security (KGB was the organization responsible for According to news reports, he was appointed to SVR director position because Vladimir Putin wanted "an intelligence chief whom he knows well and has confidence in. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia " Putin and Lebedev met while serving in in East Germany. [2]
| Preceded by Vyacheslav Trubnikov |
Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) May 2000 - October 2007 |
Succeeded by Mikhail Fradkov |
| Preceded by Vladimir Rushailo |
Executive Secretary of CIS from October 5, 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |