Sergei Shoigu
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as Secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia from 2012 to 2024. Shoigu has served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 2012.
Some of the key events about Sergei Shoigu
- 1977Graduated with honors from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in civil engineering
- 1991Appointed as Deputy Head of the State Architecture and Construction Committee of the Russian Federation
- 1994Established the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) and became its first Minister
- 1999Led successful rescue and humanitarian operations during the Kosovo conflict
- 1999Oversaw controversial military operations in Chechnya as Minister of Emergency Situations
- 2000Coordinated rescue efforts following the Kursk submarine disaster
- 2007Received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for courage and heroism shown in extreme situations
- 2008Directed Russian military intervention in Georgia as Minister of Emergency Situations
- 2010Oversaw firefighting efforts during severe wildfires across western Russia
- 2012Appointed as Governor of Moscow Oblast
- 2012Became Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
- 2012Implemented controversial military reforms as newly appointed Minister of Defense
- 2013Initiated large-scale modernization of the Russian Armed Forces
- 2014Played key role in the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine
- 2014Oversaw Russian military involvement in eastern Ukraine conflict
- 2015Directed Russian military intervention in Syrian Civil War
- 2018Accused of involvement in the Salisbury poisoning incident in the UK
- 2019Oversaw deployment of Russian forces to Venezuela, raising international tensions
- 2020Implicated in the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
- 2022Led planning and execution of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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