Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu

Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu has been appointed as the new Defence Minister of Russia on November 6, 2012 after Anatoly Serdyukov was fired by the Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was Minister of Emergency Situations from 1994 to 2012. 

He holds the military rank of General of the Army. He is also the President of the International Sports Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers. He is the first Turkic Minister of Russia.