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Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (?????´? ????´????? ?????´???) (born March 2 1952, Lüshunkou, China
Lüshunkou

L?shun city or L?shunkou or L?shun Port , formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun, is a town located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, in the district of Dalian of the People's Republic of China....
) is a Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n politician and former Prime Minister of Russia
Prime Minister of Russia

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation is the second most powerful official of the Russia, who, under Article 24 of the Federal Constitutional Law On the Government of the Russian Federation, "heads the Government of Russia"....
. He was appointed federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Yeltsin came to power with a wave of high expectations....
 in 1994, and served in that position until 1995.

He later became justice minister
Justice Minister

An justice ministry is a Ministry or other government agency charged with justice. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice....
, serving from 1997 to March 1998, and interior minister
Interior minister

An interior ministry is a ministry typically responsible for police, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs....
, holding that office from March 1998 to May 1999, when he was appointed and confirmed by parliament as prime minister
Prime Minister of Russia

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation is the second most powerful official of the Russia, who, under Article 24 of the Federal Constitutional Law On the Government of the Russian Federation, "heads the Government of Russia"....
. 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
Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus....
.

Following his resignation from the position of Prime Minister, Stepashin joined the political party Yabloko
Yabloko

The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko The party dates back to early 1990s. The immediate predecessor of the Yabloko party was the electoral cartel Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin, formed for the Russian legislative election, 1993....
 for the Russian parliamentary elections of 1999 and was elected to the Duma
Duma

A Duma is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament....
, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament.






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Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (?????´? ????´????? ?????´???) (born March 2 1952, Lüshunkou, China
Lüshunkou

L?shun city or L?shunkou or L?shun Port , formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun, is a town located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, in the district of Dalian of the People's Republic of China....
) is a Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n politician and former Prime Minister of Russia
Prime Minister of Russia

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation is the second most powerful official of the Russia, who, under Article 24 of the Federal Constitutional Law On the Government of the Russian Federation, "heads the Government of Russia"....
. He was appointed federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Yeltsin came to power with a wave of high expectations....
 in 1994, and served in that position until 1995.

He later became justice minister
Justice Minister

An justice ministry is a Ministry or other government agency charged with justice. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice....
, serving from 1997 to March 1998, and interior minister
Interior minister

An interior ministry is a ministry typically responsible for police, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs....
, holding that office from March 1998 to May 1999, when he was appointed and confirmed by parliament as prime minister
Prime Minister of Russia

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation is the second most powerful official of the Russia, who, under Article 24 of the Federal Constitutional Law On the Government of the Russian Federation, "heads the Government of Russia"....
. 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
Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus....
.

Following his resignation from the position of Prime Minister, Stepashin joined the political party Yabloko
Yabloko

The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko The party dates back to early 1990s. The immediate predecessor of the Yabloko party was the electoral cartel Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin, formed for the Russian legislative election, 1993....
 for the Russian parliamentary elections of 1999 and was elected to the Duma
Duma

A Duma is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament....
, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament. Later on he resigned his parliamentary seat and became head of the Account Chamber of the Russian Federation, the federal audit agency. He holds his job to date.

Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Yeltsin came to power with a wave of high expectations....
 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
Chechen War

There have been two Chechen Wars:* First Chechen War, 1994?1996* Second Chechen War, 1999?Ongoing* The Caucasian War of 1817?1864 ? an invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire ended with the annexation of the areas of North Caucasus to Russia....
.

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