Sergei Shuvalov
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Sergei Shuvalov | |
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| Сергей Алексеевич Шувалов | |
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| Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation — representative from the executive power of Saratov Oblast | |
| In office 27 April 2005 – 28 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ramazan Abdulatipov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Gusev |
| Chairman of the Saratov Oblast Duma | |
| In office 16 September 2002 – 12 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Churikov |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Bolshedanov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1951 |
| Died | 25 September 2021 (aged 70) |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Saratov Polytechnic Institute |
| Awards | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Second Class Medal "For Merit in Conducting the All-Russian Population Census" |
Sergei Alekseyevich Shuvalov (Russian: Сергей Алексеевич Шувалов; 24 June 1951 – 25 September 2021) was a Russian politician.
He served as chairman of the Saratov Oblast Duma from 2002 to 2005, and as the Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation as the representative from the executive power of Saratov Oblast between 2005 and 2010.
Shuvalov was born on 24 June 1951, in Saratov, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union.[1][2] He studied at the Saratov Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1973 and becoming a junior researcher in the institute's electronics department. He eventually attained the degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences and was a professor.[2][3]
Soviet politics and business career
Shuvalov began working as an instructor, and then deputy departmental head, of the Komsomol's Saratov regional committee in 1976, and then as an instructor in the organizational department in the party organs of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Volga District Committee and then the Saratov City Committee from 1979 until 1988.[2] That year, he entered state administrative work, and in 1991 became deputy chairman of the State Property Management Committee of Saratov Oblast.[2] Between 1992 and 1996, he was head of a number of commercial enterprises, from 1992 until 1996 as director of the company Shag-R, and then as director of the Shar-S company in 1997. He was appointed First Deputy Minister of Economy and Investment Policy of Saratov Oblast in July 1997. In February 1998, Shuvalov became the Oblast's Minister of Economy, Investment Policy and Interregional Relations. This was followed by his appointment in September 1998 as the Oblast's First Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Economy, and later its Vice Governor.[3]