What is Nikolay Kovalyov (politician)?
[[File:NKovalyov.jpg|thumb|Kovalyov in 1999]] '''Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov''' ({{lang-ru|Николай Дмитриевич Ковалёв}}; 6 August 1949 – 5 April 2019) was a [[Russia]]n politician, general, and former [[KGB]] official. He was a member of [[United Russia]]. He was also a [[Member of Parliament|member]] of the [[State Duma]]. He was [[chairman]] of the Duma's Veterans' Committee. He was the [[Director]] of the [[Federal Security Service]] (FSB) from July 1996 to July 1998. [[Vladimir Putin]] took on the role of director after him. Kovalyov was born in [[Moscow]]. Kovalyov died after a long illness on 5 April 2019 in Moscow. He was 69.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tass.com/politics/1052408|title=State Duma lawmaker, former FSB head Nikolay Kovalyov dies aged 69|work=TASS|date=6 April 2019|access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovalyov, Nikolay}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Directors of Russian intelligence agencies]] [[Category:KGB people]] [[Category:Politicians from Moscow]] [[Category:Russian generals]] [[Category:Members of the State Duma]] {{Bio-stub}}