Aleksey Lebed | |
Order: | 2nd |
Office: | Head of the Republic of Khakassia |
Term Start: | 8 January 1997 |
Term End: | 14 January 2009 |
Predecessor: | Yevgeny Smirnov |
Successor: | Viktor Zimin |
Birth Name: | Aleksey Ivanovich Lebed |
Birth Date: | 14 April 1955 |
Birth Place: | Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Resting Place: | Khovanskoye Cemetery |
Nationality: | Russian |
Party: | United Russia (2005–2011) |
Spouse: | Yelizaveta Lebed |
Children: | 3 |
Education: | Ryazan Airborne Command School |
Allegiance: | → |
Branch: | Airborne Forces |
Serviceyears: | 1976–1996 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Unit: | 300th Guards Parachute-Landing Regiment |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Aleksey Ivanovich Lebed (Russian: Алексей Иванович Лебедь; 14 April 1955 – 27 April 2019) served as professional officer with the Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, like his more prominent older brother, the late Alexander Lebed.[1] After quitting military service in 1995 with the rank of colonel, he was elected chairman of the government of Khakassia Administrative Republic.[2] He came to the post in 1997,[3] and was re-elected in 2000.[4] Shortly after he came to power in 1997, the transmitter of the Sayansk television and radio company was cut off. Station chief Veniamin Striga said Lebed was responsible.[5] In 2006 criminal charges were brought against Lebed related to claims of abuse of power.[6] In 2009 Viktor Zimin took Lebed's position as the head of the government of Khakassia.[7]
Aleksey Lebed died on 27 April, 2019, at the age of 64.[8]