Boris Nemtsov

Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Бори́с Ефи́мович Немцо́в Russian pronunciation: [bɐˈrʲis jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪmˈt͡sof]; 9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician. He had a successful political career during the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin. Since 2000 had been an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin.

Boris Nemtsov
Борис Немцов
Nemtsov in 2013
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office 28 April 1998 – 28 August 1998
President	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister	Sergey Kirienko Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting)
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office 17 March 1997 – 28 April 1998 Serving with Anatoly Chubais
President	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin Alexey Bolshakov Viktor Ilyushin
Succeeded by	Yuri Maslyukov Vadim Gustov
Personal details
Born	Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (1959-10-09)9 October 1959 Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 February 2015(2015-02-27) (aged 55) Moscow, Russia
Cause of death	Gunshot wounds
Political party	Union of Right Forces (1999–2008) Solidarnost (since 2008) PARNAS (2010–12) Republican Party of Russia – PARNAS (since 2012)
Awards	Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (second degree, 1995); Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (Fifth degree, 2006)

Life

Nemtsov studied physics, and held the equivalent of a Phd in physics and mathematics, from the university of Nizhny Novgorod, which was called Gorki at the time.

Death

On February 27, 2015, Nemtsov was shot several times by for his pro-democracy views on Russia as a loyalist of Vladimir Putin, on a bridge near the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow. He died hours after appealing to the public to support a march against Russia's war in Ukraine at age of 55. His girlfriend was the sole eyewitness of the attack but she was unharmed.