Vladimir Bulgak (Russian: Владимир Булгак; born 9 May 1941) is a Russian engineer, bureaucrat and politician. He served in different capacities in various cabinets of Russia, including deputy prime minister.
Vladimir Bulgak | |
|---|---|
 Bulgak in 1999 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office September 1998 – 25 May 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Yevgeny Primakov |
| Minister of Science and Technology | |
| In office 30 April 1998 – September 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Sergey Kiriyenko |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 17 March 1997 – 28 April 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Minister of Communications and Mass Media | |
| In office 25 July 1990 – 17 March 1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Borisovich Bulgak 9 May 1941 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | |
Early life and education edit
Bulgak was born in Moscow in 1941.[1] He holds a degree in electric communications and later studied at the Institute of Economic Administration.[1]
Career edit
Bulgak began his career in the Komsomol.[1] He joined the ministry of communications in 1983[1] and served as bureaucrat there until 1990.[1][2]
Then he was appointed minister of telecommunications and mass media on 25 July 1990 and served in the post until 17 March 1997.[2] He was the deputy prime minister in Viktor Chernomyrdin's government from 17 March 1997 to 28 April 1998.[2]During his tenure Bulgak was in charge of science, research, production and industry policies.[3] He was appointed minister of science and technology to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Sergey Kiriyenko on 30 April 1998.[1][4] Bulgak was in office until September 1998.[2]
He was reappointed deputy prime minister for industry and communications to the cabinet of Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov[5] and served in the post from 16 September 1998 to 25 May 1999.[2] In July 1999, Bulgak was made chairman of the board of Svyazinvest JSC, largest telecommunications holding company in Russia.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "The New Government". Tatt fra Russian Regional Report. 14 May 1998. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "A Look at Russia's Deputy PMs". Associated Press. 16 September 1998. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ David Hoffman (18 March 1997). "Yeltsin Picks Reformist for Cabinet Post". The Washington Post. p. A12. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ Richard Stone (8 May 1998). "Reformer Named Science Minister". Science. 280 (5365): 821. doi:10.1126/science.280.5365.821a. S2CID 152858327.
- ^ Yevgeny Volk; Evgueni Volk (6 November 1998). "Who's Who in Primakov's New Russian Government" (Backgrounder #1232 on Russia). The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ Stepan Zotov (5 July 1999). "Svyazinvest taps Bulgak as chairman". The Russia Journal (4).
External links edit
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