Sergei Shoigu held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Sergei Shoigu as Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister.
Sergei Shoigu was born at Chadan in 1955. His recorded nationality is Russia. He was educated at Krasnoyarsk State Technical University.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were Minister of Defense of Russia (2012–2024), governor of Moscow Oblast (2012–2012) and Leader of United Russia party (2001–2005).
His political affiliation is recorded as United Russia and Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
His name is attached above all to to a mutiny by the Wagner Group in June 2023. Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Order of Honour (2009), Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (2003), Hero of the Russian Federation (1999) and Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan".
That the career was made in Russia is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Sergei Shoigu's career is not finished, and the historical verdict on it has not been reached.
Achievements
- Minister of Defense of Russia (2012–2024)
- governor of Moscow Oblast (2012–2012)
- Leader of United Russia party (2001–2005)
- Minister of Emergency Situations (1991–2012)
- Order of Honour — 2009
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" — 2003
- Hero of the Russian Federation — 1999
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
- Educated at Krasnoyarsk State Technical University
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