Sergey Alexandrovich Filatov
Sergey Alexandrovich Filatov (, 10 July 1936 – 25 August 2023) was a Russian statesman, who was the chief of Russian presidential executive office from 1993 to 1996, during the Boris Yeltsin's first term. Early life Sergey Filatov was born on 10 July 1936 in Moscow in the family of the poet Alexander Fyodorovich Filatov (1913–1985). In 1964 he graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute as an electrical engineer. Candidate of Sciences in engineering. He worked at the "Hammer and Sickle" metallurgical plant in Moscow, and Jose Marti Metallurgical Plant in Cuba. He was the head of the laboratory, and since 1986 the head of the department of control systems in the A.I. Tselikov Scientific Research Institute of Metallurgical Engineering. Political career In 1990 Filatov was elected People's Deputy of the RSFSR, a member of the Soviet of the Republic, the lower chamber of the Supreme Soviet of Russia. He was a member of the two Supreme Soviet's Committees: the Committee on freedom of conscience, religion, mercy and charity, and the Committee on economic reform and property. During the August putsch of 1991 Filatov headed the defence staff of the White House. In 1991, he was appointed secretary of