Alexey Kazannik Explained

Alexey Kazannik
Office:Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast
Governor:Leonid Polezhayev
Term Start:12 March 1995
Term End:30 September 2003
Office1:Prosecutor-General of Russia
Term Start1:5 October 1993
Term End1:14 March 1994
President1:Boris Yeltsin
Predecessor1:Valentin Stepankov
Successor1:Yury Skuratov
Birth Date:26 July 1941
Birth Place:Perepis, Horodnia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Omsk, Russia
Native Name Lang:ru

Alexey Ivanovich Kazannik (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Каза́нник; 26 July 1941 – 2 June 2019) was a Russian lawyer and politician.

Biography

Born in Horodnia Raion, Ukrainian SSR, he studied law at Irkutsk State University, graduating in 1967.[1] In 1989, he gained notability for granting his seat in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to Boris Yeltsin. Between 1993 and 1994, Kazannik was Prosecutor-General of Russia.[2] [3] Kazannik later served as Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast from 1995 to 2003. Additionally, he taught law at Omsk State University.

Kazannik died following a long illness on 2 June 2019 in Omsk, at the age of 77.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Казанник Алексей Иванович. ru. 19 November 2008. KVnews.ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20111122232955/http://kvnews.ru/people/k/488/. 22 November 2011. dead.
  2. Book: Felkay, Andrew. 2002. Yeltsin's Russia and the West. 28. Bloomsbury Academic . 978-0275965389.
  3. News: Former Top Russian Official Blames 'Immoral Power' for Nation's Crisis : Politics: Alexei Kazannik, who gave up his post as prosecutor general, says Yeltsin is manipulated by his top aides.. Los Angeles Times. 14 May 1994. Goldberg, Carey. 2 June 2019.
  4. News: Russia's most famous ex-prosecutor dies. Crime Russia. 2 June 2019. 2 June 2019. 2 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190602125717/https://en.crimerussia.com/gover/russia-s-most-famous-ex-prosecutor-dies/. dead.