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- Kuzhuget Sereyevich Shoigu [a] (born Shoigu Sereyevich Kuzhuget; [b] 24 September 1921 – 1 December 2010), was a Soviet Tuvan politician, journalist, and writer who served as a secretary of the Tuvan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Tuvan ASSR.
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Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu [1] [a] [b] (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as Secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia from 2012 to 2024.
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Jun 30, 2023 · As Russian defense minister during President Vladimir Putin's two signature wars – one in Ukraine, since 2014, the other the following year in Syria – Sergei Shoigu, 68, crashed suddenly with the...
May 13, 2024 · Sergei Shoigu has been replaced as defence minister by technocrat economist Andrei Belousov. Mr Shoigu hasn't been made redundant. He'll head the Russian Security Council in place of the...
Jun 26, 2023 · Russia's Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, is a close ally and friend of Vladimir Putin. But as Russia's invasion of Ukraine faltered and stalled, he became a lightning rod for criticism. An...
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Jun 26, 2023 · The 68-year-old is a career politician and long-time ally of Vladimir Putin having served in governments under him. He was appointed minister of defence in 2012 and has held the role ever since...
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Mar 26, 2022 · His troops were fighting and dying in Ukraine, but Shoigu, a senior aide and friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s, was nowhere to be seen.
Jul 4, 2023 · Sergey Shoigu was born on 21 May 1955 in the town of Chadan, Tuva autonomous region. Shoigu spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Siberia. His father, Kuzhuget Shoigu, was the editor-in-chief of the regional Pravda newspaper who went on to build a successful political party career later.