Born: 9 October 1959 · Died: 27 February 2015 · Age at death: 55
How old was Boris Nemtsov when he died?
Boris Nemtsov died aged 55. He was born on 9 October 1959 and died on 27 February 2015.
Russian physicist and reformist politician who served as Yeltsin's deputy prime minister, later opposed Putin, and was murdered in 2015
Did you know?He helped introduce capitalism to post-Soviet Russia while serving as a young regional governor in the nineties.
Quick facts
Date of birth9 October 1959
Date of death27 February 2015
Age at death55
Cause of deathGunshot wound
NationalityRussian
BirthplaceSochi, Russia
Occupationpolitician, physicist, statesperson
Editor's Take:
Boris Nemtsov was a physicist who became one of the faces of Russia's liberal reforms. He studied in Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, and entered politics through environmental campaigning. In 1991 Boris Yeltsin appointed him governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, where he launched market reforms that drew international attention. In 1997 he became first deputy prime minister and was briefly seen as Yeltsin's likely successor. After Vladimir Putin came to power, Nemtsov moved into opposition. He wrote reports on corruption and led street protests against the Kremlin. In February 2015 he was shot dead on a bridge near the Kremlin. Five Chechen men were convicted, but who ordered the killing remains unknown.
Key Milestones
1991: Appointed governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region
1997: Becomes first deputy prime minister
1999: Co-founds the Union of Right Forces
2015: Shot dead near the Kremlin
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Борис Ефимович Немцов; 9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian physicist, liberal statesman and politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin.
