Vladimir Shumeyko

Vladimir Filippovich Shumeyko (also spelled Shumeiko) (Russian: Влади́мир Фили́ппович Шуме́йко; born 10 February 1945) is a Russian political figure.

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Vladimir Shumeyko
Владимир Шумейко
Shumeyko in 2018
1st Chairman of the Federation Council
In office 13 January 1994 – 23 January 1996
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Yegor Stroyev
First Deputy Prime Minister
In office 2 June 1992 – 12 December 1993
Prime Minister	Boris Yeltsin (extraordinary) Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by	Gennady Burbulis
Succeeded by	Oleg Lobov
Minister of Press and Mass Media
In office 5 October 1993 – 22 December 1993
President	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by	Mikhail Fedotov
Succeeded by	Office disestablished
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
In office 1 November 1991 – 1 July 1992
Chairman	Ruslan Khasbulatov
Preceded by	Svetlana Goryacheva
Succeeded by	Nikolay Ryabov
Personal details
Born	(1945-02-10) February 10, 1945 (age 79) Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	CPSU
Education	Kuban Polytechnic Institute

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In November 1991, Vladimir Shumeyko was appointed deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation. In May 1992, Shumeyko, leading a parliamentary delegation, visited Damascus.^[1] In June 1992, he became a first deputy prime minister of the Russian government and held that office during the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. In August 1992, Shumeyko announced that $1 billion of foreign investment was obtained for Russia.^[2] Shumeyko held the post of the chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia between January 1994 and January 1996.