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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

Career

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]

Notes

  1. ^ Executive committee of CIS is headed by the chief of Russian Intelligence Lenta.Ru October 5, 2007 (Russian)
  2. ^ Whither Russian foreign intelligence? By Victor Yasmann, Asia Times, June 6, 2000

References

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
LentaRu (ЛентаРу is a Moscow -based News website in Russian language, owned by Rambler Media Group which belongs to Prof-Media 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. Asia Times was a Newspaper launched in Thailand by Thai tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul in 1995 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov (Вячеслав Иванович Трубников born on April 25, 1944 in Irkutsk, Russia) is a Russian Foreign Intelligence Service ( Russian: Служба Внешней Разведки (or SVR) is Russia 's primary external intelligence agency Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov (Михаи́л Ефи́мович Фрадко́в (born September 1, 1950) is a Russian politician who was the Prime Vladimir Borisovich Rushailo (Владимир Борисович Рушайло born 1953 in Tambov) is a Russian politician 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.
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