Sergei Shoigu
b. 1955
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
- Born
- 21 May 1955 · Chadan
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 21 May 1955BornBorn in Chadan
- 1991 – 2012RoleMinister of Emergency Situations
- 1993AwardMedal "Defender of a Free Russia"
- 1993AwardRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
- 1994AwardOrder "For Personal Courage"
- 1996AwardRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
- 1997AwardMedal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
- 1999AwardRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
- 1999AwardHero of the Russian Federation
- 2000AwardHonored Rescuer of the Russian Federation
- 2001 – 2005RoleLeader of United Russia party
- 2003AwardMedal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
- 2005AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- 2005AwardRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
- 2012RoleGovernor of Moscow Oblast
- 2012 – 2024RoleMinister of Defense of Russia
- 2014Took partRussian annexation of Crimea
- 2022WarFull-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2024RoleSecretary of the Security Council of Russia
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1955 – today).
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
Biography
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (born 21 May 1955) 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 served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States from 2012 to 2024.
Shoigu was the Minister of Emergency Situations from 1991 to 2012. He briefly served as the governor of Moscow Oblast in 2012. A close confidant and ally of president Vladimir Putin, Shoigu belongs to the siloviki of Putin's inner circle. He was entrusted with the task of supervising the Russo-Ukrainian war since 2022. A feud between Shoigu and Yevgeny Prigozhin led to a mutiny by the Wagner Group in June 2023. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Shoigu on charges of alleged war crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In May 2024, Putin replaced Shoigu with Andrey Belousov as defense minister, appointing the former to be the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Text from the Wikipedia article Sergei Shoigu, CC BY-SA 4.0
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