Yevgeny Primakov
1929 – 2015 Russian prime minister, foreign minister, intelligence chief
Veteran statesman who steadied Russia as prime minister after the 1998 default.
- Affiliations
- Foreign Intelligence Service, government of Russia
Yevgeny Primakov was a Middle East expert, spymaster, and diplomat who led the Foreign Intelligence Service and then served as foreign minister, where he pressed for a multipolar world less dominated by the United States. Yeltsin named him prime minister in the wreckage of the 1998 financial default, and he is credited with stabilizing the economy and calming politics. Briefly a strong contender to succeed Yeltsin, he was outflanked by the rise of Vladimir Putin. He remained a respected elder figure in Russian public life.
Connections
- associate of Boris Yeltsin — Appointed him prime minister after the 1998 default.
In the timeline
- 1998 Russian financial crisis and sovereign default the premier who steadied the aftermath
- 1998 Primakov appointed prime minister the prime minister