Valentin Stepankov

Valentin Georgiyevich Stepankov (Russian: Валентин Георгиевич Степанков; born 17 September 1951) is the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.

Valentin Stepankov
Валентин Степанков
Stepankov in 1991
1st Prosecutor-General of Russia
In office 28 February 1991 – 5 October 1993
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Nikolai Trubin (as Prosecutor of the RSFSR)
Succeeded by	Alexey Kazannik
Member of the State Duma for Berezniki constituency
In office 17 January 1996 – 18 January 2000
Personal details
Born	(1951-09-17) 17 September 1951 (age 73) Molotov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Perm, Russia)
Alma mater	Perm State University

He once condemned an action by Boris Yeltsin in 1993, in which Russia faced a constitutional crisis.

He has also served as Russia's deputy natural resources minister. Before that he was deputy secretary on the Security Council, but in 2004 he switched from the Council to natural resources administration.^[1][2][3]