Minister of Defense Anatoliy Eduardovich Serdyukov of Russia

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Serdyukov is married to a daughter of Viktor Zubkov, the 10th Prime Minister of Russia and previous chairman of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia.

MOSCOW, Sept 18 (KUNA) -- Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said Tuesday Defense Minister Anatoliy Eduardovich Serdyukov had resigned.