Vladimir Shumeyko Explained

Vladimir Shumeyko
Office:1st Chairman of the Federation Council
Term Start:13 January 1994
Term End:23 January 1996
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Yegor Stroyev
Office1:First Deputy Prime Minister
Primeminister1:Boris Yeltsin (extraordinary)
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Predecessor1:Gennady Burbulis
Successor1:Oleg Lobov
Term Start1:2 June 1992
Term End1:12 December 1993
Office2:Minister of Press and Mass Media
Term Start2:5 October 1993
Term End2:22 December 1993
President2:Boris Yeltsin
Primeminister2:Viktor Chernomyrdin
Predecessor2:Mikhail Fedotov
Successor2:Office disestablished
Office3:Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
1Blankname3:Chairman
1Namedata3:Ruslan Khasbulatov
Predecessor3:Svetlana Goryacheva
Successor3:Nikolay Ryabov
Term Start3:1 November 1991
Term End3:1 July 1992
Birth Date:February 10, 1945
Birth Place:Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Party:CPSU
Education:Kuban Polytechnic Institute
Native Name Lang:ru

Vladimir Filippovich Shumeyko (also spelled Shumeiko) (Russian: link=no|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.

Notes and References

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