Sergey Ivanov - Minister of Defense (2001-2007),the politician, the head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, was always distinguished by purpose. His career is a model of upward movement. Ivanov is known for his imaginative and bold statements and great loyalty to the president.
January 31, 1953 in Leningrad was bornnew man - Ivanov Sergey Borisovich. Parents lived in a crowded communal apartment on Vasilyevsky Island. The boy's father died very early, and his mother raised him. She worked as an engineer, and the wealth in the family was very modest. The brother who served as the captain of the long-distance vessels provided great help in raising her son. He had a strong influence on the worldview and character of Sergey. As a child, Ivanov was not a problem child, he went in for sports, studied well, did not conflict with his peers.
At the school with in-depth study of foreignlanguage Sergey Borisovich Ivanov studied brilliantly, was one of the best students of the school. He actively participated in language competitions and school concerts. As a teenager, he decided to become a diplomat and strenuously went towards this goal. In school, he was actively involved in sports, was fond of basketball, football, hockey. But already in high school, Sergei acquired a bad habit — he began to smoke, and he could not get rid of this vice.
After school, Ivanov easily passes onFaculty of English translators of the Faculty of Philology of Leningrad State University. At university, Sergei revealed himself as a bright social activist, he also continued to play sports, with his participation the team of the faculty in basketball became the champion of the university. In 1975, Ivanov successfully completed his studies and received a diploma of higher education.
His professional activities SergeyBorisovich Ivanovich began in the Second Directorate of the KGB of the USSR in Leningrad and the Leningrad Region, in counterintelligence. In 1976-77, he worked in the same division with V. V. Putin. The young specialist was almost immediately sent to study at the Higher Courses of the KGB in Minsk, which he graduated in 1977. In 1982, he was trained in Moscow at the 101st Foreign Intelligence School of the KGB of the USSR.
After a few years of service Ivanov, Ministerdefense in the future, transferred to the service in the First Directorate of the KGB, in foreign intelligence, where he found his real calling. Since 1981, for 10 years, Ivanov worked in the Central Office of the KGB, in the First Directorate. He started from the position of security officer, performed secret missions on foreign business trips several times, then was secretary of the embassy in London. From Britain, according to unconfirmed reports, he was deported on suspicion of conducting espionage activities. Since 1991, Sergey Borisovich has been working at the Foreign Intelligence Service, at its headquarters in Yasenevo. Here he worked until 1998.
When in 1998 V.V.Putin was appointed head of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, he immediately made an offer to Ivanov to go to him. And in August 1998, Sergey Borisovich was appointed director of the department for research and forecasts and deputy director of the FSB.
In 2000, Ivanov was dismissed according to age from military service in the reserve in the rank of colonel-general.
In early 1999, Ivanova was included in the commission onpreparations for the participation of the Russian Federation in the G8 countries meeting. And in November, Russian President Boris Yeltsin appoints Ivanov as chairman of the Security Council. The next president, V. V. Putin, also approved Sergey Borisovich in this capacity. He also worked in the Committee of Security Council Secretaries of the CIS countries. Ivanov did a great job in establishing military-technical cooperation with foreign countries. In the course of work on ensuring interaction between the CIS countries and other foreign countries, Ivanov made sharp statements more than once. For example, in 2001, he spoke negatively about the possibility of establishing equitable economic relations within the CIS.
In 2001, quite unexpectedly for a widepublic Sergei Borisovich was appointed Minister of Defense of Russia. Since this position was usually occupied by personnel officers, Ivanov’s civilian figure caused a little bewilderment. But it quickly became clear that Sergey Ivanov was the Minister of Defense of a new format, a diplomat and a strategist, and these skills turned out to be very useful.
Under Ivanov, the Ministry of Defense significantlychanged its line of conduct. Sergey Borisovich made risky remarks more than once. For example, he said that if there is a threat, Russia can strike anywhere. The only limitation is the use of nuclear weapons. According to him, no one is widely going to discuss response and preventive measures.
Various studies and media point out that withIvanove, the number of counterintelligence actions in the interests of protecting Russia's defense capability has increased. Thus, the case of the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London, the elimination of Yanadrbiyev in Qatar is linked with the activities of the organizations subordinate to him. In addition, under Ivanov, the reform of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began, aimed at reducing the number of servicemen, replacing the number of conscripts with contract servicemen, and reducing the number of military departments at universities. The Minister of Defense has ensured that the line for housing among military personnel was reduced by a quarter. Under his leadership, many disasters occurred in the army, and non-statutory relations began to be discussed more often.
In 2005, Ivanov became part-timeDeputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. In 2007, Sergey Ivanov, Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, was relieved of his post due to his transfer to the government.
In 2007, the biography of Ivanov Sergey Borisovichhas changed. For the first time in his life he became an absolutely civilian person who was not involved in any way in the power structures of the country. Vladimir Putin said that the Minister of Defense adequately coped with the tasks before him and that he would continue to oversee the military-industrial complex, and would also work on other projects. Sergey Borisovich retained his post with the change of government. In this position, Ivanov was responsible for supervising the military-industrial complex, transport, and communications. Under the influence of strong intragovernment intrigues, the intelligent Sergey Borisovich faded into the background, giving way to more active colleagues on TV screens. The media wrote a lot about his confrontation with I. Sechin, from which Ivanov eventually emerged victorious.
In 2011, Medvedev appointed Ivanov headpresidential administration of the Russian Federation. Detractors said that this position does not correspond to the ambitions of Sergei Borisovich, but he carried out his duties with the same diligence and thoroughness. The new work address of Ivanov Sergey Borisovich in the Kremlin has been preserved under President V. V. Putin. Some spiteful critics talk about the decline of Ivanov’s political career. However, his loyalty and closeness to Putin can still cause new twists of the biography.
Due to his natural modesty, Sergey Ivanov,The Minister of Defense (in the past), the head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, has a relatively modest list of awards. He is a full holder of the Order for Services to the Fatherland, has the Order for Military Services, Honor, the Red Banner, Alexander Nevsky, and For Personal Courage. Also, his merits are marked by the diploma of the CIS, the prize "Russian of the Year"
All his life Sergey Borisovich is happily married.He met his wife in his student years, and then the wedding took place. Ivanov Sergey Borisovich, whose wife moved him from Moscow to Leningrad, rarely speaks of a family, a couple can rarely be seen together at official events. Irina works in a large western company, and in the difficult 90s she was the main breadwinner in the family. The couple had two children. The sons of Sergei Ivanovich Ivanov went along the economic line. The eldest, Alexander, was at one time deputy chairman of Vnesheconombank. Junior, Sergei, works as vice president of Sberbank.
Со старшим сыном были самые большие переживания в life of Ivanov. In 2005, Alexander Ivanov made a run over a pedestrian crossing to an elderly woman. In the course of the proceedings a big hype was raised. But on this misfortune is not over. In 2014, Alexander drowned in the waters of the Persian Gulf, while on vacation in the UAE.
