Igor Shuvalov - First Deputy Prime Minister in the Russian government, trusted by President Vladimir Putin. Currently, he oversees the entire government economic bloc, is actively working to promote Russia's interests abroad, primarily in China and the countries of Southeast Asia.
The beginning of life
A native of the Magadan region (but not a native Siberian - his Muscovite parents were there to earn money), Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov worked in 1984-1985 after graduating from Moscow high school. in the laboratory of one of the capital's research institutes, and then in 1985-1987. served in the army. In those years, the young man, and even the former soldier of military service, was indeed open all the way. Therefore, Igor Shuvalov first enters the work faculty (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 successfully graduated with a diploma lawyer in 1993.
Carier start
Young and representative Igor Shuvalov (the photo below confirms these characteristics), which is important for his job, becomes an adviser in the Legal Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Having met at work with a potentially interesting private employer, well-known businessman Alexander Mamut, Igor Shuvalov, having not worked for a year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, transferred to work as a senior lawyer in his consulting company ALM, a member of the British association of law firms. In 1995, he became director of ALM and worked until 1997. It should be noted that the services of his company were used by well-known Russian oligarchs like B. Berezovsky and R. Abramovich.
Igor Shuvalov successfully combined legal activities with participation in business projects in the field of wholesale trade, production and sale of consumer goods, and real estate activities. At the same time, he was the founder of several trading, manufacturing and financial enterprises.
The main life choice
From 1997 to 1998, Igor Shuvalov was the head of the department at 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, in the same year, he became chairman of the Russian Federal Property Fund. In this position, he survived four prime ministers: Sergey Kiriyenko, Evgeny Primakov, Sergey Stepashin, Vladimir Putin. With the appointment of Mikhail Kasyanov as Prime Minister on May 18, 2000, Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov was appointed head of the government apparatus.
State Milestones
Since the end of May 2003, Igor Shuvalov began working as an adviser to President Putin, and since October of the same year, as deputy head of the presidential administration. Together with Dmitry Medvedev, he developed perspective-oriented national projects to promote the upbringing of the younger generation, the health of the nation, agriculture, the 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, he was appointed Prime Minister Putin as one of the first two Deputy Prime Ministers in his cabinet, along with 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, remaining the first deputy prime minister, it was Igor Shuvalov who oversees the government’s economic unit. The photo below represents him in the last period of activity.
Family and personal politics
Even while studying at Moscow State University, our hero met his chosen one Olga, who also studied at the law faculty, and since then they have not parted. This marriage can generally be classified as super-happy. Judge for yourself: Igor and Olga Shuvalov have three children - a son and two daughters. By the way, the son Eugene, following the example of his father, served military service as a marine in the Pacific Fleet, although he could not leave to study, but to Oxford.
Current challenges and prospects
Igor Shuvalov is undoubtedly one of the leading experts in the Russian government, especially after the transfer of such large state managers as Igor Sechin and Sergey Sobyanin to work in structures outside the government or the presidential administration.
And Igor Shuvalov is working out the trust shown to him by the political leadership of Russia by 100%. All 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 striking example of this work was the APEC summit in Vladivostok in 2012. Shuvalov spent a lot of effort on organizing his preparation and supervising the construction of major facilities, including the Far Eastern Federal University, as well as the famous bridges, which today have become a real calling 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 top officials 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 represented our country at this major international event. In June, he vividly and reasonably speaks at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, and 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, was sent back 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.