Valentin Stepankov

Russian prosecutor general

Валентин Степанков

1st Prosecutor-General of RussiaIn office
28 February 1991 – 5 October 1993Preceded byNikolai Trubin
(as Prosecutor of the RSFSR)Succeeded byAlexey KazannikMember of the State Duma for Berezniki constituencyIn office
17 January 1996 – 18 January 2000 Personal detailsBorn (1951-09-17) 17 September 1951 (age 72)
Molotov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Perm, Russia)Alma materPerm State University

Valentin Georgiyevich Stepankov (Russian: Валентин Георгиевич Степанков; born 17 September 1951) is the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.

He once condemned an action by Boris Yeltsin in 1993, in which Russia faced a constitutional crisis.

He has also served as Russia's deputy natural resources minister. Before that he was deputy secretary on the Security Council, but in 2004 he switched from the Council to natural resources administration.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 23.11.1992 N 1475". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 05.04.2003 N 405". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 01.06.2004 N 712". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-08.