Misharin Alexander Sergeyevich - a hereditary railway worker, statesman, top manager, with his life proved that a person can achieve much if he wants.
Dynasty
Misharin Alexander Sergeevich was born on January 21, 1959 in the city of Sverdlovsk. His father was a railroad worker, and this determined the choice of the professional path of the boy. He decided to continue his father’s work and after school, Alexander enters the Ural Institute of Railway Transport. In 1981, he graduated from high school and received a diploma.
After the institute, Misharin enters the Sverdlovsk Railway. For the first three years he worked as an electrician at the Shartashsky power supply section, then for two years he was the head of the electric grid district at Sedelnikovo station, and for the next two years he was the chief engineer of the Ishimsky power supply segment. Work experience at various levels of positions gave Misharin an idea of ​​the internal organization of a large transport enterprise; his experience was subsequently demanded more than once.
Growth path
In 1989, Alexander Misharin, whose biography slightly changes its direction, goes to work in the subway of Yekaterinburg. First, he works on the construction of the subway as the chief engineer. Having launched the subway in 1991, Misharin returns to the railway in the person of the deputy head of the power supply, but almost immediately goes to the office of the head of the power supply. Five years later, he became the chief engineer of the Sverdlovsk Railway. During this period, Alexander Sergeevich upgraded his qualifications and studied at the Faculty of Economics of the Ural State Academy of Railways, which he graduated in 1997. At each place of work, he knew how to build relationships and showed high professionalism, this did not go unnoticed.
Senior manager
Vast professional experience allowed Misharin in 1998 to become Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation Nikolai Aksenenko. His area of ​​responsibility in this position was to ensure communication in the system of communication lines. A year later, the Minister of Railways changed , Vladimir Starostenko took this chair, then Aksenenko again became Minister.
Alexander Misharin remained in his place under both ministers. In 2000, he became First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Railways. Two years later, when Aksenenko finally left the department and Gennady Fadeev came to this place, Misharin had to go down a notch, he again became the deputy minister in charge of the communications system. In May 2002, Alexander Sergeevich was appointed head of the Sverdlovsk Railway. But he was able to remain a member of the collegial council of the Ministry of Railways, for this Fadeev even issued a special decree.
In 2004, Misharin became director of the comprehensive infrastructure development of the Ministry of Transport (this unit appeared as a result of the reform of the Ministry of Transport) and works as deputy minister of transport. In 2009, he was appointed director of the industry and infrastructure unit of the government apparatus of the Russian Federation.
Scientific career
Alexander Misharin in 1999, while working as Deputy Minister of Railways, defended his thesis on effective informatization of railways. In 2005, he became a doctor of technical sciences, defending a thesis on the introduction of modern technologies in railway transport. Misharin’s account has six patents for inventions that he received while working in the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
Milestones of the Governor's Way
Since 2004, Misharin is an active member of the United Russia party, he has participated in the election of deputies of the Sverdlovsk Regional Duma. In 2004, he is the authorized representative of the candidate for President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin.
In 2009, Alexander Misharin, whose biography makes an unexpected turn, becomes governor of the Sverdlovsk region. His candidacy was nominated by the United Russia party and supported by Russian President D.A. Medvedev.
Governor Misharin remained in the history of the Sverdlovsk region as the initiator of several major projects. His work provoked polar assessments, the main complaints of his work on the part of the public consisted in the irrational use of the regional budget, in the ill-conceived decisions, in lobbying for the interests of individuals and initiating bulky and expensive projects. Remaining true to his professional origins, the governor proposed a project to create a high-speed railway connecting Yekaterinburg with remote regions of the region and Nizhny Tagil. He also advocated the intensification of the construction of the metro in Yekaterinburg, while the Botanicheskaya and Chkalovskaya stations were launched ahead of schedule.
Misharin became a supporter of the Verkhoturye project, in which considerable funds were invested; it was planned to create a tourist center in the city of Verkhoturye, which is a landmark for the Orthodox, as part of the project. Another religious project of the governor is the restoration of St. Catherine’s Church in Yekaterinburg.
Alexander Sergeevich was faced with great difficulties when conducting administrative and personnel policies. His situation was greatly complicated by the forest fires of 2010, when at the height of the disaster he went on vacation. The opposition many times made claims against Misharin about the unlawful spending of funds, he was also accused of paying for the election campaign at the expense of the regional budget, of buying a Mercedes for 8 million budget rubles.
In 2011, Misharin got into a severe road accident, and has been treated for a long time, including in Germany. After briefly returning to the governor’s office, but in May 2012, resigns.
Russian Railways
In 2012, Alexander Misharin joined the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation represented by the President of a public organization. Previously, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways and was well acquainted with the activities of this organization. Apparently, this and his great professional experience became the reason that the First Vice-President of Russian Railways, Alexander Misharin, appeared in December 2012.
The main area of ​​his professional interests remained high-speed railways. He is an active advocate of the idea of ​​creating a whole network of such roads in Russia, which, in view of its geography, urgently needs such transport. In 2013, Vice-President of Russian Railways Alexander Misharin became the CEO of Highways, which today are engaged in the construction of a high-speed road between Moscow and Kazan.
Family and personal life
Alexander Misharin was twice married. From his first marriage, he has two daughters: Anastasia and Anna. The first wife died of a serious illness in 2004. The second wife is Inna Andreeva, an IT entrepreneur. Misharin Alexander Sergeevich, whose family attracts a lot of attention, is known for having repeatedly helped his relatives do business. His wife attracts the attention of the press as the first among the wives of the governors of the Russian Federation in terms of declared income.