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Vladimir Shumeyko
Владимир Шумейко
Shumeyko in 2018
1st Chairman of the Federation Council
In office
13 January 1994 – 23 January 1996
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYegor Stroyev
First Deputy Prime Minister
In office
2 June 1992 – 12 December 1993
Prime MinisterBoris Yeltsin (extraordinary)
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded byGennady Burbulis
Succeeded byOleg Lobov
Minister of Press and Mass Media
In office
5 October 1993 – 22 December 1993
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded byMikhail Fedotov
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
In office
1 November 1991 – 1 July 1992
ChairmanRuslan Khasbulatov
Preceded bySvetlana Goryacheva
Succeeded byNikolay Ryabov
Personal details
Born (1945-02-10) February 10, 1945 (age 79)
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCPSU
EducationKuban Polytechnic Institute

Vladimir Filippovich Shumeyko (also spelled Shumeiko) (Russian: Влади́мир Фили́ппович Шуме́йко; born 10 February 1945) is a Russian political figure.

In November 1991, Vladimir Shumeyko was appointed deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation. In May 1992, Shumeyko, leading a parliamentary delegation, visited Damascus.[1] In June 1992, he became a first deputy prime minister of the Russian government and held that office during the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. In August 1992, Shumeyko announced that $1 billion of foreign investment was obtained for Russia.[2] Shumeyko held the post of the chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia between January 1994 and January 1996.

References

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  1. ^ Kreutz, Andrej (2007). Russia in the Middle East: friend or foe?. Westport, Conn: Praeger Security International. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-275-99328-3. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Crane, Keith (1992). Foreign direct investment in the states of the former USSR. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. p. 104. ISBN 0-8213-2269-9. Retrieved April 7, 2011.