Aleksey Lebed

2nd Head of the Republic of KhakassiaIn office
8 January 1997 – 14 January 2009Preceded byYevgeny SmirnovSucceeded byViktor Zimin Personal detailsBorn
(1955-04-14)April 14, 1955
Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionDiedApril 27, 2019(2019-04-27) (aged 64)
Moscow, RussiaResting placeKhovanskoye CemeteryPolitical partyUnited Russia (2005–2011)SpouseYelizaveta LebedChildren3EducationRyazan Airborne Command SchoolMilitary serviceAllegiance Soviet Union→ RussiaBranch/service Airborne ForcesYears of service1976–1996RankColonelUnit300th Guards Parachute-Landing RegimentAwards

Aleksey Ivanovich Lebed (Russian: Алексей Иванович Лебедь; 14 April 1955 – 27 April 2019) served as professional officer with the Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, like his more prominent older brother, the late Alexander Lebed.^[1] After quitting military service in 1995 with the rank of colonel, he was elected chairman of the government of Khakassia Administrative Republic.^[2] He came to the post in 1997,^[3] and was re-elected in 2000.^[4] Shortly after he came to power in 1997, the transmitter of the Sayansk television and radio company was cut off. Station chief Veniamin Striga said Lebed was responsible.^[5] In 2006 criminal charges were brought against Lebed related to claims of abuse of power.^[6] In 2009 Viktor Zimin took Lebed's position as the head of the government of Khakassia.^[7]

Aleksey Lebed died on 27 April, 2019, at the age of 64.^[8]

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