Evgeny Primakov

Also known as Evgeny Maximovich Primakov

4th Russian Prime Minister (1929–2015)

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Evgeny Primakov was a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999 during a period of economic crisis and political turmoil in the country. He is remembered as an influential figure in Russian politics and foreign policy during the 1990s, when Russia was navigating significant transitions following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Yevgeny
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Kyiv
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: arabist
Political party: Fatherland – All Russia
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Military branch: Foreign Intelligence Service
Image: YPrimakov.jpg
Work location: Moscow

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Commons category: Yevgeny Primakov
date of birth: 1929-10-29
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date of death: 2015-06-26
place of burial: Novodevichy Cemetery
name in native language: Евгений Максимович Примаков
cause of death: liver cancer
supported sports team: Spartak Moscow
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015, Russian pronunciation: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj mɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕ prʲɪmɐˈkof]) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998, the Director of Foreign Intelligence from 1991 to 1996, and Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Primakov was an academician (Arabist) and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Personal life

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