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Sergei Ivanov
First Deputy Prime Minister
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| Political Associates: Sechin, Ivanov, Ustinov |
| Spheres of influence: Senior Siloviki. |
| Job responsibilities: Security Policy Reform implementation. |
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From 1976 onwards, served in the KGB. Upon graduating from the Higher Courses of the KGB in Minsk, was sent to work at the State Security Department of Leningrad and the Leningrad region.
Then worked in foreign intelligence, holding various posts in Africa and Europe; was deputy department chief in the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR); in the mid-1990s, became one of the youngest generals in the SVR.
August 1998-March 2001, deputy director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), chief of the Department of Analysis, Forecast and Strategic planning of the FSB.
November 1999-March 2001, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
March 2001- Nov 2005, Minister for Defence of the Russian Federation.
Nov 2005, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of the Russian Federation.
Ivanov is another former KGB officer from St. Petersburg who traveled down to Moscow with Putin on Putin’s elevation to the Federal Administration in the late 1990’s. His career is often seen as running very much in parallel with Putin’s. He is only three months Putin’s junior, they both attended specialist schools followed by the Leningrad State University, the KGB higher school in Minsk and then career’s in the KGB. They first met at the state Security Department of Leningrad in the late 70’s. This long history together has resulted in close cooperation and is perhaps the reason Ivanov is rumored to be one of the front runners for the presidency in 2008.
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