Alexander Shokhin

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Alexander Shokhin
Александр Шохин
Shokhin in 2015
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma
In office
18 January 1996 – 5 September 1997
ChairmanGennady Seleznyov
Preceded byMikhail Mityukov
Succeeded byVladimir Ryzhkov
Minister of Economy
In office
20 January 1994 – 6 November 1994
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded byYegor Gaidar
Succeeded byYevgeny Yasin
Minister of Labour
In office
26 August 1991 – 14 June 1992
Prime MinisterIvan Silayev
Boris Yeltsin
Preceded byRafik Batkayev
Succeeded byGennady Melikyan
Personal details
Born (1951-12-25) 25 December 1951 (age 72)
Savinskoye, Plesetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia (2004–)
Other political
affiliations		NDR (1995–2004)
CPSU (1974–91)
Alma materMoscow State University
AwardsAlt text

Alexander Nikolayevich Shokhin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Шо́хин; born 25 December 1951) is a Russian state, political and public figure and a Member of the Bureau of the Supreme Council of the party United Russia.[1] Minister of Labour of the RSFSR (August 26, 1991[2] – November 10, 1991).[3] On 20 January 1994 [4] to 6 November 1994,[5] Minister of the Russian economy, 23 March 1994[6] to 6 November 1994,[5] Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government.

In September 1998 he was appointed Deputy Premier of the Russian Government in the Cabinet of Yevgeny Primakov, but even before the official addition of deputy powers in October 1998, has resigned from this position.[7]

Biography[edit]

Scientific work[edit]

In 1974 he graduated from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in political economy. Doctor of Economics (1989), Professor (1991).

Since 1969 he has been a laboratory assistant at the MSU Faculty of Economics, then a scientific and technical employee of the Central Economic Mathematical Institute (CEMI) of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

1974-1979 — Research fellow at the Scientific Research Economic Institute under the USSR State Planning Committee.

1978 — defended his thesis for the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

1979-1982 — Senior researcher, Head of the sector of the Research Institute of Labor of the USSR State Committee of Labor.

1982-1986 — Head of the Laboratory of the Central Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1986-1987 — Head of the Laboratory of the Institute of Economics and Forecasting of Scientific and Technological Progress of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Since 1987 he has been an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, then Head of the Department of International Economic Relations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From May to August 1991 he was Director of the Institute of Employment Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the USSR State Labor Committee.

In the government[edit]

From August 26 to November 10, 1991 — Minister of Labor of the RSFSR.[8][9]

Since November 6, 1991 — Deputy Chairman of the Government of the RSFSR on social policy issues.

From November 10, 1991 to June 14, 1992 — Minister of Labor and Employment of the RSFSR/The Russian Federation of the year.[9]

Since December 23, 1992 — Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation). From December 25, 1993 to January 20, 1994 — Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers — Government of the Russian Federation.[10]

1993-1994 — Chairman of the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development.

Since December 1993, he has been a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the first convocation, a member of the Party of Russian Unity and Accord faction.

From January 20 to November 6, 1994 — Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation.[11]

From March 23 to November 6, 1994 — Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.[11][12]

In the State Duma[edit]

In 1995, he took an active part in the creation of the VOPD «Our Home – Russia», was deputy chairman of the Political Council of the NDR.[13]

Since December 1995, he has been a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the second convocation.

In 1996-1997 — First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma.

In September 1998, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation in the Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet, but even before the official resignation of his deputy powers in October 1998, he resigned from this position.

Since December 1999 — Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the third convocation in the Tushinsky electoral district of Moscow as an independent candidate, member of the People's Deputy group, Chairman of the Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets, member of the Commission on Restructuring, Insolvency (Bankruptcy) and Liquidation of Credit Organizations, member of the Commission on Public Debt and Foreign Assets of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Interdepartmental Commission of the Security Council of Russia on Economic Security, head of the parliamentary delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from Russia.

In October 2002 he prematurely resigned as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

Public political activity[edit]

From 1995 to the present, he has been the President of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE).

In 2002-2005 — Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Renaissance Capital Investment Group.

Since February 2003 he has been Chairman of the Expert Council at the Federal Commission of Securities Market of Russia (FCSM of Russia).

Since 2004 — member of the United Russia Party.[14]

Since 2004 — Vice-President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), Chairman of the All-Russian Association of Employers «Coordinating Council of Employers' Associations of Russia».

From September 30, 2005 to the present — President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

From 2007 to July 2014, he headed the Russian part of the Russian-Chinese Chamber for Trade Promotion of Machine-Technical and Innovative Products, was a member of the Board of Directors of the Russian-Chinese Center for Trade and Economic Cooperation.

Since 2011, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian International Affairs Council.

He was a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation before being elected in 2009 to the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia. On May 30, 2008 he was elected to the Board of Directors of TGC-10. He has also been a member of the Boards of Directors of Russian Railways[15][16] and Baltika Breweries Company since 2008.

On February 6, 2012 he was officially registered as a proxy for the presidential candidate of the Russian Federation, at that time the current Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin.[17]

In September 2016 he became a trusted representative of the United Russia Party in 2016 Russian legislative election.

In 2023 he joined the initiative group to nominate Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the 2024 Russian presidential election.

In 2024 he became a confidant of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.[18][19][20]

Family[edit]

He is married to Tatiana, has two children (Dmitry Shokhin, Evgenia Shokhina), five grandchildren. Son Dmitry is married to actress Alice Khazanova, daughter of Russian artist Gennady Khazanov.[21]

Diplomatic rank[edit]

  • Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 1st class (February 15, 1991)[22]

Sanctions[edit]

Since 2014 he is sanctioned by European Union.[23]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Бюро Высшего совета Партии". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ^ Указ Президента РСФСР от 26 августа 1991 года № 89 «О Министре труда РСФСР»
  3. ^ Указ Президента РСФСР от 10 ноября 1991 года № 187 «О Министерстве труда и занятости населения РСФСР»
  4. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 января 1994 года № 171 "О первоочередных изменениях в составе Правительства Российской Федерации"". Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. ^ a b Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 6 ноября 1994 года № 2064 «О Шохине А. Н.»
  6. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 марта 1994 года № 578 «О Заместителе Председателя Правительства Российской Федерации»
  7. ^ «Лентапедия»
  8. ^ "Указ Президента РСФСР от 26 августа 1991 года № 89 «О Министре труда РСФСР»". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10.
  9. ^ a b "Указ Президента РСФСР от 10 ноября 1991 года № 187 «О Министерстве труда и занятости населения РСФСР»". Archived from the original on 2013-04-17.
  10. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 января 1994 года № 171 «О первоочередных изменениях в составе Правительства Российской Федерации»". Archived from the original on 2012-06-10.
  11. ^ a b "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 6 ноября 1994 года № 2064 «О Шохине А. Н.»". Archived from the original on 2013-04-17.
  12. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 марта 1994 года № 578 «О Заместителе Председателя Правительства Российскойц Федерации»". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
  13. ^ "Политики Альберт Гор и Александр Шохин". РИА Новости Медиабанк.
  14. ^ "Шохин, Александр: Председатель РСПП". lenta.ru.
  15. ^ "Распоряжение от 30 июня 2008 г. №951-р". government.ru.
  16. ^ "Структура ОАО "РЖД" | ОАО "РЖД"". web.archive.org. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  17. ^ "ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ 06 февраля 2012 г. № 96/767-6".
  18. ^ "Губерниев, Чичерина и Гармаш вошли во вторую часть списка доверенных лиц Путина". TACC (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  19. ^ "ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ 29 января 2024 г. №152/1204-8".
  20. ^ "ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ 28 декабря 2023 г. №145/1112-8".
  21. ^ "Александр Шохин биография, фото, его семья и дети 2024 | Узнай Всё". uznayvse.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  22. ^ "Указ Президента СССР от 15.02.1991 N УП-1476". www.libussr.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  23. ^ Eur-lex.europa.eu
  24. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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