Leonid Shebarshin
Leonid Shebarshin | |
|---|---|
| Леонид Шебаршин | |
| Acting Chairman of the Committee for State Security | |
| In office 22 August 1991 – 23 August 1991 | |
| Premier | Vitaly Doguzhiyev (аcting) |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Kryuchkov |
| Succeeded by | Vadim Bakatin |
| The head of the foreign intelligence service of the KGB USSR | |
| In office 6 February 1989 – 22 September 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Kryuchkov |
| Succeeded by | Yevgeny Primakov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1935 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 30 March 2012 (aged 77) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
| Nationality | Soviet and Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin (Russian: Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин; 24 March 1935 – 30 March 2012) was an intelligence officer and spy for the Soviet Union. He served in the First Chief Directorate (FCD), the foreign intelligence arm of the KGB. In January 1989, he was promoted to the head of the FCD when his former boss, Vladimir Kryuchkov, was promoted to KGB chief. Prior to that Shebarshin had served as Kryuchkov's deputy from April 1987.