RUSSIA GETS ITS FIRST CIVILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 2 Issue: 231

December 11, 1996 08:00 AM Age: 28 years

Russia got its first civilian defense minister today when President Boris Yeltsin released Gen. Igor Rodionov from military service but retained him as defense minister. On December 1 Rodionov turned 60–the military’s mandatory retirement age. Rodionov was appointed to the post in July of this year. (Itar-Tass December 11)

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