Alexander Lebed

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alexander Lebed
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 20, 1950(1950-04-20)
Age	74
Date Of Death	April 28, 2002, Abakan, Russia
Birthplace	Novocherkassk
Country	Russia
Birth City	Rostov Oblast
Horoscope	Aries

Alexander Lebed Biography

Alexander Lebed is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 20, 1950 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ле́бедь ; 20 April 1950 – 28 April 2002) was a Russian military officer and politician who held senior positions in the Airborne Troops before running for president in the 1996 Russian presidential election. He did not win, but placed third behind incumbent Boris Yeltsin and the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, with roughly 14% of the vote nation-wide. Lebed later served as the Secretary of the Security Council in the Yeltsin administration, and eventually became the governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, the second largest Russian region. He served four years in the latter position, until his death following a Mi-8 helicopter crash.

In 1988, Lebed became the commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division. He and his troops took part in the suppression of uprisings throughout the Soviet Caucasus, in Georgia (1989) and Azerbaijan (1990), in which he refused to use brutality to put down the protestors. By 1991, Lebed held the rank of major general and became second in command of the Airborne Troops. During the 1991 coup d’état attempt by Soviet hardliners against the new Russian government, he gained fame by refusing to follow orders to lead his forces against Boris Yeltsin at the Russian White House, contributing to the coup’s collapse. It was also during that time that Lebed became a rival of General Pavel Grachev, Airborne Troops commander and future Russian Minister of Defense, due to what Lebed viewed to be his misguided military reforms. Grachev would thus become his main rival. It was reportedly because of Grachev that Lebed found himself deployed to Moldova in 1992, as commander of the 14th Guards Army. There, in the conflict between Russian and Romanian factions, he intervened and used his position to broker a peace agreement, also providing protection to ethnic Russians. Despite this, Lebed remained hostile to the separatist leadership, which he perceived as corrupt and stated that he was “sick and tired of guarding the sleep and safety of crooks.” Nonetheless, he remained against President Boris Yeltsin’s decision to withdraw most of the 14th Army from Moldova, as he feared it would bring back chaos to the region.

Alexander Lebed Net Worth

Alexander Lebed is one of the richest Politician from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alexander Lebed 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alexander Lebed was born in the Cossack town of Novocherkassk, in the Rostov Oblast, in 1950. In his youth he was not a bad student but preferred boxing and chess. He grew up in poverty, the son of a carpenter who spent several years in a Stalin era labor camp, and witnessed the Novocherkassk massacre in

1962. During that time he worked at a factory. He was determined to become a paratrooper and joined the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School in 1969, becoming a cadet platoon and company commander while he was there. In 1982, as an officer of the Soviet Airborne Troops, Lebed became a battalion commander in Afghanistan during the Soviet war there. During his time in Afghanistan, Lebed became popular with the troops under his command. He held this position until 1982 at which point he attended the Frunze Military Academy. Among his duties was being a member of the funeral department during the period of many deaths among the Soviet gerontocracy, including three Soviet rulers.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Shortly after taking office as chairman of the Security Council, following Yeltsin’s victory against Zyuganov in the July 1996 runoff, Lebed led negotiations with the Chechen President, Aslan Maskhadov. They signed agreements in the town of Khasavyurt in Dagestan which ended the First Chechen War in late August 1996. Lebed was given authority as President Yeltsin’s representative and the resulting agreement became known as the Khasavyurt Accords. However, the ending of the Chechen War by the general brought him into conflict with Minister of Internal Affairs Army General Anatoly Kulikov and his faction. He was fired from the Security Council by President Yeltsin in October 1996, following an internal conflict within the government between Lebed and a faction that included president’s chief of staff, Anatoly Chubais (who was regarded as being in control of the ailing Yeltsin’s administration), Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, and Interior Minister Kulikov. Yeltsin stated that he was “acting without proper authority” and Chernomyrdin accused General Lebed of “Bonapartism”, while Kulikov even claimed Lebed was plotting a coup. Chubais was also worried about the potential of Lebed becoming Yeltsin’s successor, as he was the most popular member of the administration, especially after ending the Chechen war. After Chernomyrdin and Kulikov made their accusations, it caused a scandal that led to the President firing Lebed as national security chief. The general nonetheless decided to remain in politics.

Facts & Trivia

Robin Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Alexander Lebed celebrates birthday on April 20 of every year.

Shortly after winning a seat in the State Duma, Lebed officially launched his long-anticipated campaign for the Russian presidency in the 1996 election.