Igor Korobov
- Birth Date:
- 03.08.1956
- Death date:
- 21.11.2018
- Patronymic:
- Valentinovich
- Person's maiden name:
- Igor Valentinovich Korobov
- Extra names:
- Igor Korobov, Игорь Коробов, Игорь Валентинович Коробов, Игорь Валентинович Коробов
- Categories:
- General, Hero of nation, Military person
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Colonel general Igor Valentinovich Korobov (И́горь Валенти́нович Ко́робов, 3 August 1956 — 21 November 2018) was the Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Federation and Hero of the Russian Federation (2017).
Early life
Igor Korobov was born in Vyazma, a town in Russia's Smolensk Oblast, on 3 August 1956.
In 1977, Korobov graduated with honors from the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators, North Caucasus Military District, as an officer in the Soviet Air Forces.
Career
Korobov served as head of the Strategic Intelligence Directorate (Upravlenie strategicheskoi razvedky). He was promoted to head of GRU following the death of Igor Sergun in 2016.
On 29 December 2016, Korobov was one of the individuals sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasuryfor "malicious cyber-enabled activities" threatening the national security of the United States. Nevertheless, he officially visited the U.S., along with other Russia′s top security chiefs, at the end of January 2018.
He died "after a long profound illness" on 21 November 2018.
Source: wikipedia.org
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| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kirils Žalo | Coworker | |
| 2 |  | Igor Sergun | Employee | |
| 3 |  | Николай Виденеев | Employee | |
| 4 |  | Oskars Stiga | Predecessor | |
| 5 |  | Ivan Serov | Predecessor |
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