Boris Nemtsov
Boris Nemtsov | |
|---|---|
Борис Немцов | |
 Nemtsov in 2013 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 28 April 1998 – 28 August 1998 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Sergey Kirienko Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting) |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 17 March 1997 – 28 April 1998 Serving with Anatoly Chubais | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Putin Alexey Bolshakov Viktor Ilyushin |
| Succeeded by | Yuri Maslyukov Vadim Gustov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov 9 October 1959 Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 27 February 2015 (aged 55) Moscow, Russia |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Political party | Union of Right Forces (1999–2008) Solidarnost (since 2008) PARNAS (2010–12) Republican Party of Russia – PARNAS (since 2012) |
| Awards | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (second degree, 1995); Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (Fifth degree, 2006) [1] |
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Бори́с Ефи́мович Немцо́в Russian pronunciation: [bɐˈrʲis jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪmˈt͡sof]; 9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician. He had a successful political career during the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin. Since 2000 had been an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin.
Life
[change | change source]Nemtsov studied physics, and held the equivalent of a Phd in physics and mathematics, from the university of Nizhny Novgorod, which was called Gorki at the time.
Death
[change | change source]On February 27, 2015, Nemtsov was shot several times by for his pro-democracy views on Russia as a loyalist of Vladimir Putin, on a bridge near the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow. He died hours after appealing to the public to support a march against Russia's war in Ukraine at age of 55. His girlfriend was the sole eyewitness of the attack but she was unharmed. [2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Борис Немцов".
- ↑ Amos, Howard; Millward, David (27 February 2015). "Leading Putin critic gunned down outside Kremlin". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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