In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievich and the family name is Sergun.
Colonel General
Igor Sergun
Игорь Сергун
Official portrait, 2015
Director of Russian Military Intelligence
In office 26 December 2011 – 3 January 2016
Preceded by
Alexander Shlyakhturov
Succeeded by
Igor Korobov
Personal details
Born
Igor Dmitrievich Sergun
(1957-03-28)28 March 1957 Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
3 January 2016(2016-01-03) (aged 58) Moscow, Russia
Awards
Order of Military Merit Order of Honour Medal for Battle Merit Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "For Impeccable Service"
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union (before 1991) Russia (1991–2016)
Branch/service
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Years of service
1973–2016
Rank
Colonel general
Battles/wars
Cold War First Chechen War Kosovo War Second Chechen War Annexation of Crimea Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
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Igor Dmitrievich Sergun (Russian: И́горь Дми́триевич Сергу́н, IPA:[ˈiɡərʲˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕsʲɪrˈɡun]; 28 March 1957 – 3 January 2016) was Director of GRU, Russia's military intelligence service, from 2011 until his death in January 2016. He was promoted to colonel general on 21 February 2015.
Igor Dmitrievich Sergun (Russian: И́горь Дми́триевич Сергу́н, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ sʲɪrˈɡun]; 28 March 1957 – 3 January 2016) was Director of...
military intelligence directorate (GU) following the sudden death of IgorSergun in January 2016. On 29 December 2016, Korobov was one of the individuals...
"Russian GRU military spy chief IgorSergun dies". BBC. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2022. But Russian military analyst Igor Sutyagin ...told the BBC that...
Moscow, where he arrived at the invitation of the GRU chief General IgorSergun. His follow-up trip to visit the GRU HQ as Director of DIA was not allowed...
resigned as head by end of 2011 due to age limits. He was replaced by IgorSergun in December 2011. "Russia military spy boss 'sacked'." BBC News, 24 April...
Aliyeva, 83, Russian Avar poet and journalist, heart failure. 3 January – IgorSergun, 58, Russian military officer, Director of the GRU (since 2011). 5 January...
convention in Houston, Texas. June: Flynn travels to Moscow at Major General IgorSergun's invitation. Kislyak helps arrange and coordinate the trip. Flynn visits...
– Bill Plager, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945) 2016 – IgorSergun, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1957) 2017 – H. S. Mahadeva Prasad...
stroke. Tommy Sale, 97, English rugby league player (Leigh, Widnes). IgorSergun, 58, Russian military officer, Director of the GRU (since 2011). Ted...
Makarenko — Russian orientalist, linguist, lexicographer, and translator. IgorSergun — Director of GRU from 2011 to 2016. "Карта сайтов образовательных организаций"...
series of "dozens of high-profile" Russians' deaths, such as GRU chief IgorSergun's (January 2016), in "the past three years in Russia and abroad in suspicious...
Aleksandr Vitko Main Intelligence Administration (GRU) - Lieutenant General IgorSergun 18th Detached Yevpatorian Red Banner Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (Chechen...
Global Information
Soviet Union (before 1991)
Russia (1991–2016)