Sergei Stepashin

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Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin
Prime Minister of Russia
In office May 12, 1999 – August 9, 1999
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Yevgeny Primakov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin

Born	March 2, 1952 (age 55) Port Arthur, China

Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (Серге́й Вади́мович Степа́шин) (born March 2, 1952, in Port Arthur, China) is a Russian politician. He was appointed federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994, and served in that position until 1995. He later became justice minister, serving from 1997 to March 1998, and interior minister, holding that office from March 1998 to May 1999, when he was appointed and confirmed by parliament as prime minister. Yeltsin made it fairly clear when he appointed him Prime Minister that Stepashin would only hold the position temporarily, and he was replaced in August 1999 by future president Vladimir Putin.

Following his resignation from the position of Prime Minister, Stepashin joined the political party Yabloko for the Russian parliamentary elections of 2001 and was elected to the Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament. Later on he resigned his parliamentary seat and became head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, the federal audit agency. He holds his job to date.

Boris Yeltsin stated in 2005 that he considered Sergei Stepashin for his successor for President but was unhappy with his lack of enthusiasm over the Chechen War.

Official biography
(Russian) A biography of Stepashin by V. Pribylovsky

Preceded by Anatoly Kurkov	Chief of the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast MBR/FSK Directorate November 29, 1991, - 1992	Succeeded by Viktor Cherkesov
Preceded by Nikolay Golushko	Director of FSK/FSB 1994—1995	Succeeded by Mikhail Barsukov
Preceded by Valentin Kovalyov	Justice Minister of Russia 1997—1998	Succeeded by Pavel Krasheninnikov
Preceded by Anatoly Kulikov	Interior Minister of Russia 1998—1999	Succeeded by Vladimir Rushailo
Preceded by Yevgeniy Primakov	Prime Minister of Russia May 12—August 9, 1999	Succeeded by Vladimir Putin
Preceded by Khachim Karmokov	Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia 2000 – present	Incumbent

Prime Ministers of Russia since 1990
Ivan Silayev • Oleg Lobov* • Boris Yeltsin • Yegor Gaidar* • Viktor Chernomyrdin • Boris Yeltsin* • Sergei Kiriyenko • Viktor Chernomyrdin* • Yevgeny Primakov • Sergei Stepashin • Vladimir Putin • Mikhail Kasyanov • Viktor Khristenko* • Mikhail Fradkov * denotes acting