| Alexey Kazannik | |
|---|---|
| Алексей Казанник | |
.jpg) Kazannik in 1993 | |
| Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast | |
| In office 12 March 1995 – 30 September 2003 | |
| Governor | Leonid Polezhayev |
| Prosecutor-General of Russia | |
| In office 5 October 1993 – 14 March 1994 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Valentin Stepankov |
| Succeeded by | Yury Skuratov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1941-07-26)26 July 1941 Perepis, Horodnia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 2 June 2019(2019-06-02) (aged 77) Omsk, Russia |
Alexey Ivanovich Kazannik (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Каза́нник; 26 July 1941 – 2 June 2019) was a Russian lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Horodnia Raion, Ukrainian SSR, he studied law at Irkutsk State University, graduating in 1967. In 1989, he gained notability for granting his seat in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to Boris Yeltsin. Between 1993 and 1994, Kazannik was Prosecutor-General of Russia. Kazannik later served as Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast from 1995 to 2003. Additionally, he taught law at Omsk State University.
Kazannik died following a long illness on 2 June 2019 in Omsk, at the age of 77.
References
- "Казанник Алексей Иванович". KVnews.ru (in Russian). 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.
- Felkay, Andrew (2002). Yeltsin's Russia and the West. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 28. ISBN 978-0275965389.
- Goldberg, Carey (14 May 1994). "Former Top Russian Official Blames 'Immoral Power' for Nation's Crisis : Politics: Alexei Kazannik, who gave up his post as prosecutor general, says Yeltsin is manipulated by his top aides". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Russia's most famous ex-prosecutor dies". Crime Russia. 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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