Vladimir Shumeyko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Filippovich and the family name is Shumeyko.

Vladimir Shumeyko
Владимир Шумейко
Shumeyko in 2018
1st Chairman of the Federation Council
In office 13 January 1994 – 23 January 1996
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Yegor Stroyev
First Deputy Prime Minister
In office 2 June 1992 – 12 December 1993
Prime Minister	Boris Yeltsin (extraordinary) Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by	Gennady Burbulis
Succeeded by	Oleg Lobov
Minister of Press and Mass Media
In office 5 October 1993 – 22 December 1993
President	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by	Mikhail Fedotov
Succeeded by	Office disestablished
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
In office 1 November 1991 – 1 July 1992
Chairman	Ruslan Khasbulatov
Preceded by	Svetlana Goryacheva
Succeeded by	Nikolay Ryabov
Personal details
Born	(1945-02-10) February 10, 1945 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	CPSU
Education	Kuban Polytechnic Institute

Vladimir Filippovich Shumeyko (also spelled Shumeiko) (Russian: Влади́мир Фили́ппович Шуме́йко; born 10 February 1945) is a Russian political figure.

In November 1991, Vladimir Shumeyko was appointed deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation. In May 1992, Shumeyko, leading a parliamentary delegation, visited Damascus. In June 1992, he became a first deputy prime minister of the Russian government and held that office during the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. In August 1992, Shumeyko announced that $1 billion of foreign investment was obtained for Russia. Shumeyko held the post of the chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia between January 1994 and January 1996.