Viktor Chebrikov

Viktor Chebrikov
Виктор Чебриков
6th Chairman of the Committee for State Security
In office
17 December 1982  1 October 1988
PremierNikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byVitaly Fedorchuk
Succeeded byVladimir Kryuchkov
Full member of the 26th, 27th Politburo
In office
23 April 1985  20 September 1989
Candidate member of the 26th Politburo
In office
26 December 1983  23 April 1985
Member of the 27th Secretariat
In office
30 September 1988  20 September 1989
Personal details
Born
Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov

(1923-04-27)27 April 1923
Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died2 July 1999(1999-07-02) (aged 76)
Moscow, Russian Federation
NationalitySoviet and Russian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1950–1989)
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Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Че́бриков; 27 April 1923 – 2 July 1999) was a Soviet public official and security administrator and head of the KGB from December 1982 to October 1988.