Pyotr Latyshev

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Pyotr Latyshev | image = Pyotr Latyshev.jpg | image_size = 129px | order = 1st Russian Presidential Envoy to the [[Ural Federal District]] | term_start = May 18, 2000 | term_end = December 2, 2008 | president = [[Vladimir Putin]]<br/>[[Dmitry Medvedev]] | predecessor = ''Office establieshed'' | successor = [[Nikolay Vinnichenko]] | birth_date = August 30, 1948 | birth_place = [[Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine|Proskurov]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|2|1948|8|30}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | spouse = | party = | awards = [[File:Orden of Honour.png|40 px|link=Order of Honour (Russian Federation)]] | alma_mater = [[Omsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs]] | caption = Latyshev in 2000 | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Пётр Латышев}} }}

'''Pyotr Mikhaylovich Latyshev''' ({{langx|ru|Пётр Михайлович Латышев}}; 30 August 1948 – 2 December 2008) was the [[Presidential Envoy]] to [[Ural Federal District]], [[Russia]]. He had the federal state civilian service rank of [[1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=967|date=4 August 2001|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении квалификационного разряда Латышеву П.М.|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=04.08.2001&a8=967&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=66&y=10}}</ref>

Latyshev was born in 1948 in Proskurov (now [[Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine|Khmelnitskiy]]), [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]. He attended the Omsk Higher Police School of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)|Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs]] in 1970 and the [[Omsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs]] in 1980.

In 1980, Latyshev began his police career as an inspector for the Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property ([[OBKhSS]]) a section of the interior ministry's regional directorate for [[Perm, Russia|Perm]]. He also served as an assistant department head, department head, and head of the [[OBKhSS]] Directorate of the ministry's regional directorate for [[Perm, Russia|Perm]].

From 1991–1994, Latyshev was the head of the Interior Ministry's regional directorate for [[Krasnodar Krai]]. He was Deputy Minister of the Interior and simultaneously vice-chairman of the Federal Anti-Terrorism Commission from August 1994 to May 2000. Latyshev carried out security operations in [[Dagestan]] in 1999 and was highly successful at defusing ethnic tensions in [[Karachay–Cherkessia]].

[[Image:Dmitry Medvedev with Pyotr Latyshev-1.jpg|thumb|left|Latyshev with [[President of Russia|President]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]] on 30 October 2008.]] The main responsibility of a presidential envoy to any of the seven regions is the ensurance of presidential authority in that region. Loyalty and knowledge of the region are therefore the most highly valued traits in a prospective envoy.

Latyshev died suddenly on December 2, 2008, due to [[heart failure]].{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} {{clear}}

==Honours and awards== * [[Order of Merit for the Fatherland]]; **3rd class (30 August 2008) - for outstanding contribution to strengthening Russian statehood and many years of diligent work **4th class * [[Order of Honour (Russian Federation)|Order of Honour]] (17 April 1998) - for services in the development of physical culture and sports, many years of fruitful work at the All-fiekulturno sports society "Dynamo" * [[Order of St. Sergius]], 1st class (Russian Orthodox Church, 2003)

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