In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Maksimovich and the family name is Primakov.
Yevgeny Primakov
Евгений Примаков
Primakov in 2002
Prime Minister of Russia
In office 11 September 1998 – 12 May 1999
President
Boris Yeltsin
First Deputy
Yuri Maslyukov
Vadim Gustov
Sergei Stepashin
Preceded by
Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting)
Succeeded by
Sergei Stepashin
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 9 January 1996 – 11 September 1998
President
Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by
Andrei Kozyrev
Succeeded by
Igor Ivanov
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
In office 26 December 1991 – 9 January 1996
President
Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Vyacheslav Trubnikov
Director of the USSR Central Intelligence Service
In office 6 November 1991 – 26 December 1991
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Director of the KGB First Chief Directorate
In office 30 September 1991 – 6 November 1991
Preceded by
Leonid Shebarshin
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Chairman of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
In office 3 June 1989 – 31 March 1990
Preceded by
Yury Khristoradnov
Succeeded by
Ivan Laptev
Personal details
Born
(1929-10-29)29 October 1929 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died
26 June 2015(2015-06-26) (aged 85) Moscow, Russia
Nationality
Russian
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1950s–1991) Independent (1991–1998, 2002–2015) Fatherland – All Russia (1998–2002)
Children
Alexander
Nana
Relatives
Yevgeny Primakov Jr. (grandson)
Alma mater
Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies
Moscow State University
Occupation
Politician, journalist, diplomat, secret agent
Awards
Central institution membership
1989–1990: Candidate member, 27th Politburo
1989–1990: Full member, 27th Central Committee
Other offices held
1991–1996: Director, Foreign Intelligence Service
1991–1991: Director, Centre for Strategic Research
1991–1991: Director, KGB First Chief Directorate
1989–1990: Chairman, Soviet of the Union
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov[a] (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015, Russian pronunciation:[jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjmɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕprʲɪmɐˈkof]) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Foreign Minister, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and chief of the intelligence service. Primakov was an academician (Arabist) and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015, Russian pronunciation: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj mɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕ prʲɪmɐˈkof]) was a Russian politician...
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eventuate. In his account of Russian foreign policy and the Arabs, YevgenyPrimakov contextualizes Yinon's paper in terms of the content of what former...
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exchanges by a future set of negotiations. Russian Foreign Minister YevgenyPrimakov met with the Foreign Ministers of Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan...
appointed Deputy Premier of the Russian Government in the Cabinet of YevgenyPrimakov, but even before the official addition of deputy powers in October...
this she received an immediate response from Rossotrudnichestvo head YevgenyPrimakov who claimed that the letters Z and V are "symbols of the very liberation...
(12 July 2015). Omar Sharif, Stanley 'Steve' Moore, Jules Wright, YevgenyPrimakov, Ernest Tomlinson. Last words. BBC. "Obituary: Omar Sharif". BBC News...
September 1998, with the consent of the State Duma Boris Yeltsin appointed YevgenyPrimakov to the post of prime minister. In May 1999, the State Duma tried unsuccessfully...
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