Igor Sergun
- Birth Date:
- 28.03.1957
- Death date:
- 03.01.2016
- Patronymic:
- Dmitrievich
- Person's maiden name:
- Игорь Дмитриевич Сергун
- Categories:
- General, Military person, Statesman
- Nationality:
- russian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
General Igor Dmitrievich Sergun (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Сергун; IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈdʲmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ sʲɪrˈɡun], 28 March 1957 – 3 January 2016) was a Russian military officer. He was Director of the GRU, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Gen. Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, since December 26, 2011.
Biography
He was born in March 28, 1957. He served in the Armed Forces since 1973, and graduated from the Moscow Suvorov Military School and the Moscow Supreme Soviet Higher Military Command School, and the Military Academyof the Soviet Army and as well in the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
He worked in military intelligence since 1984, and served in various positions in the Main Intelligence Directorate. He speaks several foreignlanguages and was awarded state awards. In 1998 as a colonel, he served as a RF Military Attaché in Tirana.
In December 2011, he was appointed as Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
State Awards
- Order of Military Merit
- Order of Honour
- Medal for Battle Merit
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
- Medal of the Order "For Merit", 2nd class
- Medal "For strengthening of the state system of protection of information", 2nd class
- "Medal "Participant of Operation March-Shot Bosnia-Kosovo 12 June 1999"
Battles/wars :
Cold War
First Chechen War
Kosovo War
Second Chechen War
Source: wikipedia.org
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Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
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1 | Игорь Сергеев | Coworker | ||
2 | Igor Korobov | Employer |
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