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In March 2003 he visited Iraq and talked with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein hoping to help prevent the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a move which received some support from several nations opposed to the war.
| Preceded by: Viktor ChernomyrdinViktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (born April 9, 1938) is a Russian politician. He became a member of the CPSU in 1961. From 1982 to 1985, he was deputy Minister of the Natural gas industries of the Soviet Union, and in 1985, he became Minister of gas indus (acting) | Prime Minister of RussiaThe Prime Minister of Russia is the current Head of Government of the Russian Federation. Previously during the Imperial era the prime minister was appointed by the Czar. In the era of the Soviet Union, the head of government was the Chairman of Council o | Succeeded by: Sergei StepashinSergei Vadimovich Stepashin (born March 2, 1952) is a politician in Russia. He was appointed federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994, and served in that position until 1995. He later became justice minister from 1997 until March 1998 |