Maksim Stanislavovich Oreshkin (Russian: Максим Станиславович Орешкин; born 21 July 1982) is a Russian economist and statesman who served as the Minister for Economic Development from 30 November 2016 to 15 January 2020. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]

Maxim Oreshkin
Максим Орешкин
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Economic Development
In office
11 November 2016 – 15 January 2020
Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev
Preceded byAlexey Ulyukaev
Succeeded byMaxim Reshetnikov
Personal details
Born
Maksim Stanislavovich Oreshkin

(1982-07-21) 21 July 1982 (age 41)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia)
Alma materHigher School of Economics

Biography edit

Oreshkin was born on 21 July 1982 in Moscow. He graduated from one of Russia's leading universities – the Higher School of Economics – in 2004 and worked at several major banks, both Russian and foreign-owned.

In September 2013, Oreshkin joined the government as the head of the Directorate for Long-term Strategic planning of the Finance Ministry. In March 2015, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance.[2]

On 15 January 2020, he resigned as part of the cabinet, after President Vladimir Putin delivered the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution.[3]

On 24 January 2020, he was appointed as Economic Adviser to President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации (Decree 163) (in Russian). President of Russia. 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Persons ∙ Directory ∙ President of Russia". Kremlin. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ Carroll, Oliver (15 January 2020). "Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Putin Appoints Former Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin as Adviser". The Moscow Times. 24 January 2020.

External links edit

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