13 Facts About Sergei Ivanov

From December 2011 to August 2016, Sergei Ivanov worked as the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.

In 2015, Sergei Ivanov stated that his career in the KGB had been ruined and destroyed because of Oleg Gordievsky's defection and exfiltration on 19 July 1985 from Moscow through the northwestern part of the Soviet Union near Leningrad and then through Finland to the United Kingdom.

Sergei Ivanov was named by Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Yeltsin as president on 31 December 1999, as Russia's Minister of Defense in March 2001.

In May 2001, Sergei Ivanov was elected chairman of the Council of Commonwealth of Independent States Defense Ministers.

In October 2003, Sergei Ivanov claimed that Russia did not rule out a pre-emptive military strike anywhere in the world if the national interest demands it.

In November 2005, Sergei Ivanov was appointed to the post of Deputy Prime Minister in Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet, with added responsibility for the Manufacturing industry and arms exports.

On 15 February 2007, Putin relieved him of his duties as Defense Minister and elevated him to the position as First Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility over defense industry, aerospace industry, nanotechnology and transport In June 2007, Sergei Ivanov was appointed chairman of the Government Council for Nanotechnology.

In December 2011, Sergei Ivanov was appointed Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia.

On 12 August 2016, Sergei Ivanov was relieved from his Chief of Staff position by Putin and replaced by Anton Vaino.

Sergei Ivanov was a board member and vice president of Gazprombank from January 2005 to 2011, and, from April 2011 to March 2016, headed the board of SOGAZ, then headed the Wealth Management division as a Senior Vice President of Sberbank from 24 March 2016 until 13 March 2017 when he became the CEO of the Russian state-owned diamond mining company Alrosa.

Sergei Sergeevich Ivanov was sanctioned by the US in February 2022.

Sergei Ivanov's hobbies include fishing, and reading detective novels in the original English.

Sergei Ivanov died on 3 November 2014 after drowning in the United Arab Emirates.