Anton Alikhanov | |
|---|---|
Антон Алиханов | |
.jpg) Alikhanov in 2024 | |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2024 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Prime Minister | Mikhail Mishustin |
| Preceded by | Denis Manturov |
| 6thGovernor of Kaliningrad Oblast | |
| In office 29 September 2017 – 14 May 2024 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Tsukanov Yevgeny Zinichev (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sergei Yeliseyev (acting) Alexey Besprozvannykh |
| Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kaliningrad Oblast | |
| In office 22 September 2015 – 30 July 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anton Andreyevich Alikhanov (1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (age 39) |
| Party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Daria Abramova |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | FinU Plekhanov Russian Economic University |
Anton Andreyevich Alikhanov (Russian:Анто́н Андре́евич Алиха́нов; born 17 September 1986) is a Russian politician, candidate of economic sciences, and a lawyer. He has served as the Minister of Industry and Trade since May 2024.[1] Previously he was the governor ofKaliningrad Oblast from September 2017 until May 2024.[2][3]
Alikhanov was the youngest Governor in Russia until May 2018, whenDmitry Artyukhov became the Governor of theYamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.[4]
He is a member of the ruling party of Russian FederationUnited Russia.[5]
Anton Alikhanov was born on September 17, 1986, in the city ofSukhumi (part of theAbkhaz ASSR) in theGeorgian SSR, to a father ofCaucasus Greek andRussianCossack descent and a mother ofGeorgian andRussian descent.[6]
According to media reports, his father Andrei Alikhanov was one of the founders of a large company Rosmysomoltorg (with a 20% stake) and is an old friend of former First Deputy Prime MinisterIgor Shuvalov and businessmanOleg Mitvol. In the 1990s,Mikhail Babich, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in thePrivolzhsky Federal District, worked with Anton's father.[7]
He graduated from the All-Russian State Tax Academy of the Ministry of Finance of Russia with a major in Finance and Credit and Jurisprudence.
In 2010, he worked in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
In 2012, at thePlekhanov Russian Economic University inMoscow, he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of economic sciences on the topic "Managing costs for the development of the organizational culture of the company" in the specialty "Economics and management of the national economy (management)" (supervisor - Doctor of Economics, Professor A Govorin).[8]
In 2013, he worked in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, where he served as Deputy Director of the Department of State Regulation of Foreign Trade Activities, then - Director.[9]
On 14 August 2015, he became a member of the advisory council on industry at the board of theEurasian Economic Commission.[10]
On 22 September 2015, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Kaliningrad Regional Government in charge of agriculture and industry.[9]
On 30 July 2016, he became Acting Chairman of the Government of the Kaliningrad Oblast.[11]
On 6 October 2016, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 529,[3] PresidentVladimir Putin, appointed him Acting Governor of the Kaliningrad Oblast. He was confirmed in the post in theRussian gubernatorial election in 2017[2][12] by 81,06% votes of electors.[13]
In March 2021 Alikhanov announced the intention to participate in the elections the governor of the Kaliningrad oblast' in 2022 which he won with 80.21% of votes.[14][15]
According to Putin, Anton Alikhanov was one of the authors of the medium-term plan for the strategic development of the Kaliningrad Oblast, which Alikhanov, already in a new position, together with the Government of the Russian Federation, is tasked to complete and develop.[2]
On 14 May 2024 he was appointed by President Vladimir Putin as Minister of Industry and Trade.
Anton Alikhanov is married to Daria Abramova and has two children.[16] His wife’s grandfather, Mogeli Shalvovich Khubutia, is the chief doctor of the Moscow Research Institute of Sklifosovsky. Other relatives include the president of the Union of Georgians in Russia and businessman Mikhail Khubutia, own the company Rosimpex, which calls itself one of the largest suppliers of hunting and sporting weapons in Russia. The brother of the vice-governor - Georgy Alikhanov is studying at the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry and playing in a musical group.
The declared income of Anton Alikhanov in Russia in 2015 amounted to 2.209.919,98 rubles.[17] In 2020 he earned 20,4 million rubles and owned three flats 210, 198.5 and 85.8 sq. m. and aVolkswagen Tiguan.[18]
In December 2022, theOffice of Foreign Assets Control of theUnited States Department of the Treasury added Alikhanov and 28 other governors of thefederal subjects of Russia to theSpecially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List due to their involvement in the enforcement of the conscription of Russian citizens in response to themobilization order in September 2022 during theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[19]
Alikhanov has blamed 18th century philosopherImmanuel Kant, who lived in what is now Kaliningrad, for causing “the global chaos, the global realignment that we are now facing” and therefore being “directly related to the military conflict in Ukraine”.[20]
His wife, Darya Vyacheslavovna Abramova (b. 1986), graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of International Journalism at MGIMO, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs[4]. After graduation, she worked as a television editor. The couple has three children: Andrey (b. 2012), Polina (b. 2015), and Vladimir (b. 2018).[21][22]
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