Viktor Yerin

Viktor Yerin
Виктор Ерин
On December 2016
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
15 January 1992  30 June 1995
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byAndrey Dunayev
Succeeded byAnatoly Kulikov
Personal details
Born(1944-01-17)January 17, 1944
Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedMarch 19, 2018(2018-03-19) (aged 74)
Moscow, Russia
ChildrenLeonid Yerin
Alma materHigher School of the MVD
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/service Ministry of Internal Affairs
Years of service1964—2000
RankGeneral of the Army

Viktor Fyodorovich Yerin (Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Ерин; 17 January 1944 – 19 March 2018) was a Russian politician and General of the Army who served as the country's first post-Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs (1992—1995). Hero of the Russian Federation (1993).