Igor Krasnov
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Igor Krasnov | |
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| Prosecutor General of Russia | |
| Assumed office 22 January 2020 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Yury Chaika |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1975 Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Pomor State University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Branch/service | Public prosecutor's office; Investigative Committee of Russia |
| Years of service | 1997–present |
| Rank |  Valid State Counselor of Justice Lieutenant general of Justice |
Igor Viktorovich Krasnov (Russian: И́горь Ви́кторович Красно́в; born 24 December 1975) Lieutenant general of Justice, Prosecutor General of Russia since January 22, 2020
Career[]
Igor Krasnov was born on December 24, 1975 in Arkhangelsk, he was a member of the Lenin Komsomol. He began his service as an investigator in the Kholmogorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Pomor State University.[1]
He started serving in the prosecutor's office in 1997. From 2006 to 2007, Krasnov was an investigator of the central office of the General Prosecutor's Office. In 2007, he joined the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation.[2]
In 2011, he was appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
April 30, 2016, Krasnov was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation by Alexander Bastrykin.
On January 20, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that the Federation Council approve Igor Krasnov as the Prosecutor General of Russia, replacing Yuri Chaika.[3]
He has the rank of Lieutenant General of Justice and the highest class rank in the prosecutor's office: Actual State Counselor of Justice. He is a member of the Security Council of Russia.[4]
Honours[]
References[]
- ^ "Биография Игоря Краснова". 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Биография генерал-лейтенанта юстиции Игоря Краснова". ТАСС.
- ^ "Владимир Путин предложил назначить новым генеральным прокурором замглавы СКР Игоря Красно��а. Новости. Первый канал" – via www.1tv.ru.
- ^ "Путин включил в состав Совбеза генпрокурора и министра юстиции". 3 February 2020.
- People from Arkhangelsk
- General Prosecutors of Russia
- Prosecutors
- 21st-century Russian lawyers
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Russian jurists
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class
- Russian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions