Igor Sergeyev

Marshal of the Russian Federation
Igor Sergeyev
Marshal of the Russian Federation Igor Sergeyev
Игорь Сергеев
	Sergeyev in 2000
Minister of Defence
	In office; 22 May 1997 – 28 March 2001
President	Boris Yeltsin; Vladimir Putin;
Prime Minister	See list Viktor Chernomyrdin ; Sergei Kiriyenko ; Viktor Chernomyrdin (Acting) ; Yevgeny Primakov ; Sergei Stepashin ; Vladimir Putin ; Mikhail Kasyanov ;
Preceded by	Igor Rodionov
Succeeded by	Sergei Ivanov
Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces
	In office; 26 August 1992 – 22 May 1997
Preceded by	Yuri Maksimov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Yakovlev
Personal details
Born	Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev; 20 April 1938; Verkhnyeye, Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	10 November 2006 (aged 68); Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Spouse	Tamara Sergeyeva
Alma mater	Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (to 1991); Russia
Branch/service	Soviet Navy; Strategic Rocket Forces
Years of service	1955–2001
Rank	Marshal of the Russian Federation
Commands	Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Battles/wars	War of Dagestan; Second Chechen War

Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Сергеев; 20 April 1938 – 10 November 2006) was a Soviet and later Russian military officer who was Minister of Defense of Russia from 22 May 1997 to 28 March 2001. Before that he was the commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces from 26 August 1992 to 22 May 1997. He was the first and, as of 2025, the only Marshal of the Russian Federation.^[1]