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Yevgeny Primakov

1929 - 2015

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Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015, Russian pronunciation: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj mɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕ prʲɪmɐˈkof]) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998, the Director of Foreign Intelligence from 1991 to 1996, and Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Primakov was an academician (Arabist) and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yevgeny Primakov is the 3,419th most popular politician (down from 2,750th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 106th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Yevgeny Primakov is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. He was also the Foreign Minister of Russia from 1990 to 1996.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yevgeny Primakov ranks 3,419 out of 19,576Before him are Magdalena of France, Emperor Suinin, Alar Karis, Inessa Armand, Abaoji, and Publius Cornelius Dolabella. After him are Lázaro Cárdenas, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Zoran Milanović, Alexios I of Trebizond, Asma al-Assad, and Isabella, Countess of Gloucester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yevgeny Primakov ranks 68Before him are Günter Schabowski, Gudrun Burwitz, Gerald Edelman, Paul Lauterbur, Alfred Moisiu, and Bernard Haitink. After him are E. O. Wilson, Omar Torrijos, Violeta Chamorro, Jerry Goldsmith, Ágnes Heller, and Lennart Johansson. Among people deceased in 2015, Yevgeny Primakov ranks 49Before him are Fatema Mernissi, James Last, Colleen McCullough, René Girard, Günter Schabowski, and Yitzhak Navon. After him are Boris Nemtsov, Frei Otto, Faten Hamama, Mathieu Kérékou, Diana Douglas, and James Horner.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yevgeny Primakov ranks 119 out of 1,365Before him are Sofia Rotaru (1947), Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Lee Strasberg (1901), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), and Stepan Makarov (1848). After him are Emil Gilels (1916), Władysław Tarnowski (1836), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Alexander Samsonov (1859), and Georgy Gapon (1870).

Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Yevgeny Primakov ranks 39Before him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Karl Radek (1885), Daniel of Galicia (1201), Vladimir Ivashko (1932), Anastasia of Kiev (1023), and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640). After him are Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), Vitold Fokin (1932), and Boris Shcherbina (1919).