Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich: biography, photo

Igor Shuvalov is the first deputy prime minister in the Russian government, enjoying the confidence of President Vladimir Putin. Currently, he oversees the entire government economic block, is actively working to promote the interests of Russia abroad, especially in China and the countries of South-East Asia.

The beginning of the life path

A native of the Magadan Region (but not an indigenous Siberian - his Muscovite parents were there on earnings), Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov, after graduating from a Moscow secondary school, worked in 1984-1985. In the laboratory of one of the capital research institutes, and then in 1985-1987. Served in the army. In those years, a young man, and even a former soldier of emergency service, really had all the ways open. Therefore, Igor Shuvalov first goes to rabfak (for those who are still young and do not remember the Soviet realities, we explain that this is something like a preparatory department, but completely free), and then to the law faculty of Moscow State University, which he graduated satisfactorily with a diploma Lawyer in 1993.

Carier start

Young and representative Igor Shuvalov (photo below confirms these characteristics), which is important in his job, becomes an adviser in the Department of Legal Affairs of the Russian Foreign Ministry. After acquainting himself at work with a potentially interesting private employer, well-known entrepreneur Alexander Mamut, Igor Shuvalov, without working for a year at the Foreign Ministry, moves to work as a senior lawyer in his consulting firm "ALM", a member of the British association of law firms. In 1995, he became director of "ALM" and works for him until 1997. It should be noted that the services of his firm were used by well-known Russian oligarchs like B. Berezovsky and R. Abramovich.

Igor Shuvalov quite successfully combined his legal activities with participation in business projects in the wholesale trade, production and sales of consumer goods, realtor activity. At the same time he was the founder of several trade, production and financial enterprises.

The main life choice

From 1997 to 1998, Igor Shuvalov was the head of the department in the State Property Committee, and then in 1998 he joined the Russian government of Viktor Chernomyrdin, first as deputy minister of state property, and a little later that year he became chairman of the Russian Fund for Property Management. In this position he experienced four premiers: Sergei Kiriyenko, Yevgeny Primakov, Sergei Stepashin, Vladimir Putin. With the appointment of Mikhail Kasyanov as prime minister on May 18, 2000, Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich was appointed head of the government apparatus.

Milestones goskariery

Since the end of May 2003, Igor Shuvalov began to work as an adviser to President Putin, and since October of that year - as deputy head of the presidential administration. Together with Dmitry Medvedev, he worked out future-oriented national projects to promote the upbringing of the younger generation, the health of the nation, agriculture, construction of roads and housing. He was also an active participant in the negotiations on Russia's accession to the WTO.

On May 12, 2008, Prime Minister Putin was appointed as one of the first two vice-prime ministers in his cabinet, along with the previous prime minister, Viktor Zubkov.

After the resignation of Alexei Kudrin in September 2011, Igor Shuvalov briefly assumed the official duties of the Minister of Finance. Since then, while remaining the first vice-premier, the supervision of the economic block of the government is carried out by Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov. The photo below represents it in the last period of activity.

Family and personal life politics

Even while studying at Moscow State University, our hero met his chosen one Olga, who also studied at law school, and since then they have not parted. This marriage in general can be attributed to the category of superhappy. Judge for yourself: Igor and Olga Shuvalov have three children - a son and two daughters. By the way, the son of Eugene, following the example of his father, served the Marine in the Pacific Fleet, although he could leave for Oxford rather than go somewhere else.

Current tasks and prospects

Igor Shuvalov is undoubtedly one of the leading specialists in the Russian government, especially after the transfer of such large state managers as Igor Sechin and Sergei Sobyanin to work in structures outside the government or the presidential administration itself.

And Igor Shuvalov fulfills the trust shown to him by the political leadership of Russia, for 100%. All the major undertakings of Russia in recent years concerning the development of international cooperation and trade, primarily with the countries of Asia, take place under his direct supervision. A vivid example of such work was the APEC summit in Vladivostok in 2012. Shuvalov spent a lot of effort on organizing his training and supervising the construction of major facilities, including the Far Eastern Federal University, as well as the famous bridges that have become today the visiting card of Vladivostok as the capital of Primorye.

In January of this year, Shuvalov represented Russia at the world economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, and this is the level of the first persons of the state. After all, neither the Russian prime minister nor the president were able to take part in this event.

And Igor Ivanovich with honor presented our country at this very serious international event. In June, he vividly and reasonably speaks at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, and already in September he takes an active part in the preparation and holding of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok and Beijing. As soon as it was completed, Igor Shuvalov, at the head of a large government delegation, again travels to Beijing and then to Singapore to negotiate the integration of the Russian economy into the emerging Pan-Asian economic community. Currently, he is increasingly focusing on managing the development of the Far East, which, according to the decisions of the leadership of the Russian Federation, is a priority for the country.