Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich - biography

Work in St. Petersburg: career and business Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born September 14, 1965, Leningrad) is a Russian statesman and political figure. Tenth Chairman of the Government (since May 8, 2012). Third President Russian Federation(2008—2012). Candidate of Legal Sciences. In 2000-2001, 2002-2008. - Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Gazprom. From November 14, 2005 to May 7, 2008 - First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, curator of priority national projects.

From 1990 to 1997 Dmitry Medvedev taught at St. Petersburg State University and was an associate professor in the department of civil law. At the same time, he worked as an adviser to the Chairman of the Leningrad City Council Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak, an expert of the Committee on External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall (1990-1995). Dmitry Medvedev was involved in the development and execution of transactions, agreements and various investment projects. Completed an internship in Sweden. In addition, he was engaged in private legal practice. Dmitry Medvedev became one of the co-founders of the state small enterprise Uran (1990). Together with former classmates Anton Ivanov and Ilya Eliseev, he founded the Balfort Consulting Firm CJSC (1994). Dmitry Medvedev worked as director of legal issues in the forestry joint venture Ilim Pulp Enterprise (IPE), became a co-founder of the Finzell company (1993). He also joined the board of directors of Bratsk Timber Industry Complex OJSC, but in the fall of 1999 he resigned from the management of IPE, and in 1998. - from among the founders of Finzell. In March 1994, Dmitry Medvedev became an adviser to Vladimir Putin, who took the post of first deputy mayor of the city.

Work in Moscow

In 1999, Dmitry Medvedev moved to Moscow, where, on the recommendation of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, he became deputy chief of staff of the government headed by Dmitry Kozak.
On December 31, 1999, by Decree of the Acting President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev was appointed deputy to Alexander Voloshin, head of the presidential administration, and relieved of his previous position in the government (January 2000).
Dmitry Medvedev headed the campaign headquarters of Putin, who ran for president of the Russian Federation (February-March 2000). By decree of President Putin, Dmitry Medvedev was appointed first deputy head of the presidential administration (June 2000).
At the same time, Dmitry Medvedev is the chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Gazprom (June 2000), head of the working group on liberalizing the company's stock market (April 2001). He later ceded his post as chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom to Rem Vyakhirev (June 2001). But after Rem Vyakhirev left, Medvedev was again elected chairman of the board of directors of OAO Gazprom (June 2002).

Dmitry Medvedev was appointed head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation (October 2003 - November 2005), joined the Security Council of the Russian Federation (November 2003) and received the status of a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (April 2004).

After the change from the government of Mikhail Kasyanov to the cabinet of Mikhail Fradkov, Dmitry Medvedev was again appointed chief of staff of the president (March 2004), and then first deputy chairman of the government of the Russian Federation and relieved of his post as head of the presidential administration (November 2005). His main work was the implementation of priority national projects and demographic policy (October 2005). Later, Medvedev headed the commission for the development of television and radio broadcasting (May 2006).
After the voluntary resignation of the cabinet of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, Dmitry Medvedev became acting first deputy prime minister (September 2007).

On December 10, 2007, the leaders of United Russia, A Just Russia, the Agrarian Party and the Civil Power party nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev for the post of President of Russia. The current President Putin supported this decision.
On March 2, 2008, in the presidential elections, Dmitry Medvedev won more than 70 percent of the votes of Russian voters and on May 7 of the same year took office as President of Russia.

AWARDS AND TITLES OF DMITRY ANATOLIEVICH MEDVEDEV

RUSSIA AWARDS

Dmitry Medvedev became a holder of the highest award of the Serbian Orthodox Church - the Order of St. Sava, 1st degree.
Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (July 8, 2003) - for active participation in the preparation of the Address of the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly for 2003
Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation Prize in the field of education for 2001 (August 30, 2002) - for creating the textbook “Civil Law” for educational institutions higher vocational education
Commemorative medal of A. M. Gorchakov (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, 2008)

FOREIGN AWARDS

Knight Grand Cross with Diamonds of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2008).
Grand Chain of the Order of the Liberator (Venezuela, 2008).
Jubilee medal “10 years of Astana” (Kazakhstan, 2008).
Order of Jerusalem (Palestinian National Authority, 2011).
Order of Glory (Armenia, 2011) - for a significant contribution to strengthening friendship between the Armenian and Russian peoples, strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries, as well as personal contribution to ensuring stability and security in the region.

CONFESSIONAL AWARDS

Star of the Order of St. Mark the Apostle (Alexandrian Orthodox Church, 2009).
Order of Saint Sava, first degree (Serbian Orthodox Church, 2009).

HONORABLE ACADEMIC TITLES

Honorary Doctor of Law, Faculty of Law, St. Petersburg State University.
Honorary Doctor of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (2009) - for great merits and contribution to the development and strengthening of relations, friendship and cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan.
Honorary Doctor of Bakinsky state university(Azerbaijan, September 3, 2010) - for services in the development of education and strengthening Russian-Azerbaijani relations.
Honorary Doctor of Law from Korea University (Republic of Korea, 2010).

PRIZES

Laureate of the Themis Prize for 2007 in the category " Civil service""for his great personal contribution to the development of the fourth part of the Civil Code and for his personal presentation of the bill in the State Duma."
Laureate of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Peoples Award “For outstanding activities in strengthening the unity of Orthodox peoples. For the affirmation and promotion of Christian values ​​in the life of society” named after His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II for 2009 (January 21, 2010).

OTHER AWARDS

Certificate of honor from the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (December 20, 2011) - for active and fruitful work on the development and deepening of military-political cooperation within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Gold medals of the Senate and Congress of the General Cortes (Spain, March 3, 2009).
Golden Key of Madrid (Spain, March 2, 2009).
Medal "Symbol of Science" (2007).

CLASS CHIN

Since January 17, 2000 - Acting State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st class

MOSCOW, May 3 - RIA Novosti. Dmitry Medvedev's presidency began with a difficult decision to military operation against Georgia, which attacked South Ossetia, and ends with large-scale political reform, including simplification of registration political parties and the return of gubernatorial elections, the decree on which the head of state signed the day before. Medvedev's four years as president will also be remembered for the renaming of the militia into the police, the replacement of approximately half of the governor's corps, the formation of "greater Moscow" and the abolition of the seasonal change of clock hands, which is customary for Russians.

After the inauguration of President-elect Vladimir Putin, scheduled for May 7, Medvedev is leaving the highest government post and is expected to become prime minister. The State Duma may consider his candidacy for the post of head of government on May 8.

1. Modernization

Modernization of the Russian economy has become the main program feature of the new President Dmitry Medvedev, who actually introduced this word into the modern Russian lexicon. In a message to the Federal Assembly in 2009, he said to the country that it was no longer possible to delay this. According to Medvedev, it is necessary to modernize the economy as a whole, as well as the production sector, the army, medicine, technology, including space technology, education and human upbringing. Great value In this regard, the introduction of innovation and energy efficiency gains. The Skolkovo innovation center, created on the initiative of Medvedev after he visited the famous Silicon Valley in the United States, is intended to become a symbol of the new economy. In the future, Skolkovo should become Russia's largest testing ground for the new economic policy. In a specially designated area in the near Moscow region, special conditions will be created for research and development, including the creation of energy and energy-efficient technologies, nuclear, space, biomedical and computer technologies. In 2012, about 1 trillion rubles will be allocated for modernization programs, according to Medvedev.

2. Constitutional changes

The main foreign policy event in Medvedev’s activities as president was the fighting in South Ossetia. As a result of Georgian aggression, civilians and Russian peacekeepers were killed. The President of the Russian Federation gave the order to send troops into South Ossetia and conduct an operation “to force Georgia to peace.” The result of the five-day operation was the destruction of the main military infrastructure of the Georgian army and ships battle fleet Georgia in the port of Poti. On August 12, Medvedev announced the end of the operation, saying that its goal had been achieved - the safety of peacekeeping forces and civilian population restored, the aggressor was punished and suffered very significant losses. On the same day in Moscow, the presidents of Russia and France agreed on a plan called “Medvedev-Sarkozy” and provided for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory and guarantees for the security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Two weeks later, on August 26, after corresponding requests from Tskhinvali and Sukhumi, the Russian President announced that Moscow would recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Later, Russian military bases were deployed on the territory of these countries, which were not recognized by most states of the world. Georgia, in response to this, withdrew from the CIS and continues to insist on its territorial integrity and demand the withdrawal of the Russian military from South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

6. START Treaty

Relations between Russia and the United States in the field of arms over the past four years have not been easy, but in April 2010, the heads of the two countries in Prague signed a new START treaty, designed to become one of the foundations modern system international security. The parties intend to reduce the total number of warheads by a third over seven years - to 1.55 thousand - compared to the Moscow Treaty of 2002 and more than halve the maximum level for strategic delivery vehicles. To enter into force, the treaty had to be approved by both houses of the Russian parliament, as well as the Senate of the US Congress. Russia's demand for synchronous ratification of the document was fundamental, and this was achieved.

7. Replacement of governors

Years of Medvedev's presidency in the region domestic policy were marked by a change in the overwhelming number of governors and heads of regions, among whom there were many political long-livers from the era of the 90s. So, in 2010 alone, the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, his “neighbor” from Bashkiria Murtaza Rakhimov and the head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov left their posts “at their own request”. Another “heavyweight,” Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, was dismissed by Medvedev with the humiliating wording “due to loss of trust.” Intensive replacement of governors began after the December elections to the State Duma, which resulted in the ruling " United Russia" has weakened its position. Thus, over the past months, the heads of the Primorsky, Perm, Stavropol territories, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Yaroslavl, Smolensk, Kostroma, Saratov and a number of other regions have resigned.

Medvedev's most controversial reform as president was the reduction of the number of time zones in Russia and the change of standard time in a number of regions. In June 2011, the president signed a law that abolished the seasonal change of clock hands. On the night of March 27, 2011, Russians moved their clocks forward an hour for the last time and switched to “summer time.” However, the past year has shown that the change of the already familiar regime is perceived very ambiguously by Russian citizens, which has given rise to new discussions. The other day Medvedev said that for winter and summer time, if the majority supports it, for example, by electronic voting.

Grandfather, Afanasy Fedorovich Medvedev in the 50-60s. was the first secretary of the Korenevsky district committee in the Krasnodar region. Maternal grandfather, Veniamin Sergeevich Shaposhnikov - sanitary doctor at railway in Alekseevka, Belgorod region; left his family and his twin sisters Yulia and Serafima (Elena) Shaposhnikov were raised by their mother Emilia (Melania) Shaposhnikova (nee Kovaleva).

D. Medvedev was the only child in the family. The family lived in the working-class neighborhood of Kupchino on the outskirts of Leningrad.

Before entering the university, he worked in 1982 as a laboratory assistant at LTI.

Didn't serve in the army.

In 1982 he entered the Faculty of Law Leningrad State University (LSU) named after. A.A. Zhdanova, for the evening department; In his second year in 1983, he transferred to the full-time department, from which he graduated in 1987. In 1990 he graduated from graduate school at the Law Faculty of Leningrad State University. Candidate of Legal Sciences (1990; dissertation topic “Problems of implementing the civil legal personality of a state enterprise”; scientific supervisor - Nikolai Kropachev).

Konstantin Chuychenko, Anton Ivanov, Ilya Eliseev (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprombank), Nikolay Vinnichenko, Artur Parfenchikov, Alexander Gutsan, Nikolay V. Egorov, Vladimir Alisov (Head of the Legal Department of Gazpromregiongaz), studied on the same course with D. Medvedev. Valeria Adamova (Vice President of Sibur).

In 1987-90, simultaneously with his postgraduate studies, he was an assistant at the Department of Civil Law of Leningrad State University (head of the department - Alexander Sergeev).

There is a version going back to unnamed sources that when he was a student, D. Medvedev allegedly collaborated with the KGB and supposedly in connection with this he allegedly met Putin even then (evil tongues claim that Medvedev and Putin knew each other long before meeting in Sobchak’s office. Allegedly Even in his student years, like other conscientious law students, Medvedev had some contacts with the State Security Committee, which he owed to an employee of this very committee, Vladimir Putin, who at one time was engaged in the selection of personnel for the “authorities” at his native law faculty - Irina Vyunova. "Kremlin Vizier" // "Profile", No. 43, 01.11.2003; Skandaly.ru, 18.11.2003;

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He was a member of the CPSU until its ban in August 1991.

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting in Moscow. Photo by Mitya Aleshkovsky for Lenta.Ru

In the spring of 1989, he participated in the election campaign of Anatoly Sobchak for elections to the Congress people's deputies USSR ("Profile", 01.11.2003).

From 1990 to 1999 he taught private law disciplines at the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University (since 1991 - St. Petersburg State University). Associate Professor

From June 1990 to January 1991, he was a member of the group of assistants to the Chairman of the Leningrad City Council A. Sobchak (along with Yuri Shutov and Vladimir Putin). The time Sobchak worked together dates back to D. Medvedev’s personal acquaintance with V. Putin (“While working with Sobchak, I needed people there, in the mayor’s office. I came to the law faculty, and they suggested Dima” - “First Person”, p.182). According to the recollections of other officials, Medvedev appeared in the office of the chairman of the Leningrad City Council (not the mayor’s office - the mayor’s office appeared only in 1991) “almost a month earlier than Putin” - “Interlocutor”, 01/14/2004).

In December 1990, he became the founder of the small state enterprise "Uran" (the other founders were his classmates A. Ivanov and I. Eliseev).

From June 1991 to June 1996, he was a legal expert of the Committee on External Relations (CRC) of the St. Petersburg City Hall (chairman of the CRC - V. Putin). Completed an internship in Sweden on local government issues.

There is a version that D. Medvedev, together with Dmitry Kozak, were involved by V. Putin in resolving the scandalous situation with the issuance of licenses for the export of non-ferrous metals abroad by the St. Petersburg FAC (“... professional lawyers quickly hushed up the scandal, proving that there were no violations was" - "Interlocutor", 01/14/2004).

It is considered the author of the idea as a government body, without violating the law, can become a co-founder and co-owner of a joint-stock company - by contributing to the authorized capital the rent due to this government body ("... it was he who was one of the first in St. Petersburg, if not in all of Russia, to come up with, how can power “enter” joint stock company, without violating existing laws - not with land, but with rent for land." - Boris Bystrov. The rise of the "civilist" // "St. Petersburg Courier", November 6, 2003).

According to his ill-wishers, he fell into favor with Putin thanks not only to his knowledge and abilities, but also because of his short stature (“... there is another funny rumor: Putin fell in love with Medvedev for his short stature. Vladimir Vladimirovich himself, as it turns out, He was very complex about this, and Dmitry Anatolyevich was the only one from his circle who was lower than him" - "Interlocutor", 01/14/2004).

Participated in the development of the charter of the Spartak basketball club.

From November 1993 to November 1994 he worked as director for legal issues of the Russian-Swiss joint venture LLP "Ilim Pulp Enterprise" (St. Petersburg; from April 1996 to 1999 - CJSC "Ilim Pulp Enterprise" / Ilim Pulp Enterprise" (general director of the joint venture, and then CJSC "Ilim Pulp Enterprise" - Zakhar Smushkin).

In December 1993, he was one of the founders of AOZT (then CJSC) Fincell (other founders were Z. Smushkin, brothers Boris and Mikhail Zingarevich; general director B. Zingarevich); later JSC Finzell became one of the founders of CJSC Ilim Pulp Enterprise (IPE). In ZAO Finzell he owned 50% of the authorized capital; controlled at least 20% of Ilim Pulp.

In December 1993, together with Z. Smushkin and the Zingarevich brothers, he founded JSC Sibtrust, in which he owned 67% of the authorized capital (in 1995, all the original founders left Sibtrust, which became the property of the Moscow JSC Russkiy Mir, European Trade bank").

In January 1994, together with A. Ivanov and I. Eliseev (the head, since 1990, of the Balfort MP), he established the Balfort Consulting Firm OJSC (since 1997 - the Balfort Consulting Firm CJSC).

In December 1994, he was appointed director of the Ilim Pulp subsidiary - In Jure LLP (registration number AOL-8336, issued by the Committee on External Relations of the Mayor's Office), which was established by the St. Petersburg JV Ilim Pulp Enterprise LLP and the Geneva company VALMET S.A.

He also worked at the Insurance Company "Rus" of Vladislav Reznik (Vladislav Matusovich Reznik: an insurer in bear's clothing - ZAKS.ru, 02/21/2005), one of the founders of which was JV Ilim Pulp Enterprise LLP.

Since 1996, he has collaborated with Vladimir Kogan’s Promstroybank in St. Petersburg on financing investment programs in the forestry industry.

On October 14, 1997, he dropped out of the list of founders of Finzell CJSC (together with Z. Smushkin and the Zingarevich brothers; instead of them, the only founder of Finzell CJSC was Z. Smushkin’s company Intertsez S.A., registered in 1991 in Geneva).

In 1998, he was elected a member of the board of directors of the Bratsk Timber Industry Complex OJSC acquired by Ilim Pulp (Bratskkomplekslesholding OJSC; General Director - Georgy Trifonov) in Irkutsk region. He was a member of the board of directors of OJSC Pulp and Cardboard Mill (CEO - G. Trifonov), a subsidiary of Bratskcomplexlesholding.

On November 9, 1999, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Government Office of the Russian Federation (Head of the Office - Dmitry Kozak; First Deputy Head from November 24 - Igor Sechin); relieved of duty on January 11, 2000 (together with I. Sechin).

At the end of 1999, he resigned from the list of official founders and beneficiaries of all commercial enterprises.

On December 31, 1999, by decree of Acting President V. Putin, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (Head of the Administration - Alexander Voloshin).

On August 4, 2000, he made a comment on the situation around NTV: “...Some representatives of big business see their role in social development It’s quite strange for Russia – by building a systemic opposition to the authorities. This is a counterproductive path. Attempts to interfere with the prerogatives of power must be suppressed, no matter who they come from, must be suppressed within the framework established by the Constitution and laws.”

In January 2000, the newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets" (27.1.2000) reported on the upcoming appointment of Medvedev as head of V. Putin's election campaign. On February 15, 2000, D. Medvedev headed V. Putin’s election headquarters.

On June 3, 2000, by decree of President V. Putin, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

On June 30, 2000, at the annual meeting of shareholders of OAO Gazprom, he was elected chairman of the company's board of directors instead of Viktor Chernomyrdin.

In April 2001, he became the head of the working group created on the instructions of President V. Putin to liberalize the Gazprom stock market.

On May 30, 2001, at a meeting with President V. Putin, he recommended Rem Vyakhirev (who had just been forced to cede the post of Chairman of the Board of Gazprom to Alexey Miller) instead of himself to the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom - who was unanimously elected in June 2001.

In June 2002, he was again elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom.

In October 2002, he was appointed representative of the president in the National Banking Council (NBC; along with him, Presidential Advisor Andrei Illarionov and the head of Putin became representatives of Putin in the NBS economic management Presidential Administration Anton Danilov-Danilyan).

On October 30, 2003, he was appointed head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, replacing A. Voloshin, who resigned.

On November 4, 2003, commenting on the resignation of A. Voloshin and the appointment of D. Medvedev, Putin said: “The former head of the presidential administration (he worked under the first president of Russia, under Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin) is a good manager and a very decent person. But four years ago I introduced him to the person who would replace him in this post. He knew this and, in fact, prepared him himself for his replacement.” “The people who have been appointed are well known to me, people of liberal, democratic convictions, focused on the development of democracy and a market economy in Russia” (Gazeta.Ru, November 4, 2003).

On November 2, 2003, in an interview with two federal television channels, he outlined his point of view on the “YUKOS case,” doubting the “legal effectiveness” of the seizure of YUKOS shares and calling on law enforcement agencies to be careful: “The consequences of not fully thought-out actions will immediately affect the economy and cause outrage in the political life."

In January 2004, he published an article in The Financial Times, “Russia will not turn away from the path of reform,” in which he called himself a supporter of democracy and “conservative centrism”; characterized the “YUKOS case” as legally justified actions in defense of justice (“This is not a story about how prosecutors “harass businessmen,” but about universal equality before the law, including the rich” - Financial Times (trans. Inopressa.ru, 01/20/2004).

In April 2004, Putin reorganized the Presidential Administration, D. Medvedev remained the head, he had only two deputies left - Igor Sechin and Vladislav Surkov, the rest of the former deputies (including Viktor Ivanov) began to be called assistants to the President.

In June 2004, he was re-elected chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom.

In July 2004, D. Medvedev's classmate and former commercial partner A. Ivanov became first deputy general director of Gazprom-Media OJSC, and at the end of 2004 - chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court.

In April 2005, commenting on the abolition of direct elections of regional heads, he described the reform of the system for electing governors as aimed at strengthening the unity of power, designed to consolidate regional elites. According to him, the consolidation of the Russian elite is possible only on one platform - to “preserve effective statehood within existing borders,” emphasizing that “if we fail to consolidate the elites, Russia may disappear as a single state.” Touching upon the topic of future presidential elections, he said that “there is an opportunity to create a tradition of transferring power legally on the basis of real democracy” (D. Medvedev: Preserve an effective state within existing borders // “Expert”, 04/04/2005. - No. 13 (460) ).

In November 2005, the Kommersant newspaper named Medvedev's protégés who had recently been appointed to their posts: A. Ivanov, Sergei Dubik, Elena Valyavina, Mikhail Krotov (all except Dubik studied or worked with Medvedev at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University ). (Kommersant, November 10, 2005)

On November 14, 2005, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and relieved of his post as head of the Presidential Administration (his successor in this post was Sergei Sobyanin).

On November 21, 2005, he was appointed deputy chairman of the government commission on interaction between the federal center and the constituent entities of Russia.

On November 28, 2005, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov signed an order entitled “Distribution of responsibilities between the first deputy, deputy prime ministers of the Russian Federation, and the chief of staff of the Government of the Russian Federation,” according to which the first deputy. Prime Minister D. Medvedev

Coordinates the work of federal executive authorities, gives them instructions on the following issues: implementation of national projects, ensuring the unity of economic space and freedom economic activity, development of competition and antimonopoly policy, implementation of state policy in the field of environmental management and protection environment, development of mass communications, interaction with the judiciary and prosecutor's office, implementation of state policy in the field of justice." (Kommersant, November 29, 2005).

At the first meeting of the council for the implementation of four priority national projects on November 29, 2005, D. Medvedev said that in two years, within the framework of the project “Affordable and comfortable housing for Russian citizens,” more than 110 thousand young families should have the opportunity to improve their living conditions, including through the use of mortgage loans; The volume of housing construction in 2007 should increase by more than a third compared to 2004.

On December 10, 2005, he was approved as Chairman of the Commission for Combating Infringement in the Field of Intellectual Property, Its Legal Protection and Use.

Since December 2005 - Deputy Chairman of the Government Commission on the Fuel and Energy Complex and Reproduction of the Mineral Resources Base.

In April 2006, he was appointed chairman of the Commission on Religious Associations under the Government of the Russian Federation.

On April 14, 2006, he held a meeting with the heads of the largest Russian corporations about the participation of business in the national project "Education".

In May 2006, he headed the commission for the development of television and radio broadcasting.

In July 2006, in an interview with Expert magazine, he criticized the concept of “sovereign democracy” put forward by V. Surkov (“It seems to me that “sovereign democracy” is far from an ideal term, however, like any other. It is much more correct to talk about genuine democracy or simply democracy in the presence of comprehensive state sovereignty. If some definitions are attached to the word “democracy”, this creates a strange aftertaste. This suggests that we are still talking about some other, non-traditional democracy... Democracy. and state sovereignty should be together. But one should not suppress the other" - "Expert", 07.24.2006 - No. 28 (522).

On October 22, 2006, speaking on the air of the “Sunday Evening” program on the NTV channel, he said that he was “distressed” that he was considered a rival of Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov in future presidential elections, and claimed that this does not affect his relationship with Ivanov" (RIA Novosti, 10/22/2006).

On February 22, 2007, Prime Minister M. Fradkov approved a new distribution of responsibilities among his deputies. Medvedev was entrusted with overseeing state policy issues in the field of education, health care, housing policy, social issues, implementation of priority national projects, demographic policy, as well as state policy in the field of environmental management and subsoil use.

In August 2007, M. Fradkov introduced amendments to the regulations of the Russian government, which actually equated First Deputy Prime Ministers D. Medvedev and S. Ivanov with “ordinary” Deputy Prime Ministers Sergei Naryshkin and Alexander Zhukov.

In September 2007, he retained the post of first deputy prime minister in the updated cabinet headed by Viktor Zubkov.

On October 5, 2007, V. Zubkov approved the distribution of responsibilities between his first deputies. Medvedev was entrusted with coordinating the work of federal executive authorities and giving them instructions on the implementation of priority national projects and state policy in the field of education, healthcare and social security of citizens, affordable and comfortable housing for Russian citizens, and the development of the agro-industrial complex. Medvedev was also responsible for the implementation of a unified state demographic and migration policy, the development and implementation of state policy in the field of mass communications, the implementation of state policy in the field of natural resource management and environmental protection, the implementation of state policy in the field of justice, for interaction with the judiciary and the prosecutor's office, as well as for state regulation in the field of youth policy.

On December 10, 2007, the leaders of United Russia, A Just Russia, the Agrarian Party and the Civil Power party came to a reception with President Putin and unanimously supported the nomination of Medvedev for the post of President of Russia. V. Putin supported this decision.

On December 11, D. Medvedev announced that he intended to offer the post of Prime Minister to V. Putin after his victory in the elections.

On December 17, 2007, Putin announced his readiness to become head of government under President Medvedev.

On December 20, 2007, it became known that D. Medvedev’s election headquarters would be headed by the head of the presidential administration, A. Sobyanin.

On January 20, 2008, he was officially registered as a candidate for the presidency of Russia. On January 28, he refused to participate in the election debates.

On January 30, 2007, he was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Lawyers Association (RAA; chairman of the board - Pavel Krasheninnikov).

On March 2, 2008, he was elected president of the Russian Federation, receiving, according to official data, 52,530,712 (70.28%) votes with a turnout of 69.71%. Both the turnout data and the percentage of votes cast for D. Medvedev are not realistic: in particular, according to the calculations of mathematician and programmer Sergei Shpilkin, the turnout was about 56%; At least 14.8 million votes were added to Medvedev (out of 52.5 million), in areas where the falsifiers were caught and the hand, both the turnout and Medvedev’s percentage were even lower.

At the IX Congress of the United Russia party on April 15, 2008, he rejected the invitation to join United Russia: thanking for the offer, he stated that he considered “direct participation” in the party’s activities “to be premature.”

On March 3, Putin signed decree No. 295 “On the status of the newly elected president of the Russian Federation who has not taken office.”

On May 7, 2008, Medvedev's inauguration ceremony took place; on the same day, Medvedev submitted Putin’s candidacy to the State Duma for approval as the country’s prime minister (he was replaced by Alexey Miller as chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom).

Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.

Kremlin officials called D. Medvedev “vizier” and “grand vizier” behind his back (Profile, November 17, 2003).

Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation Prize in the field of education for 2001 (10,000 rubles; for participation in the creation of the textbook “Civil Law”, republished several times).

Member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council Russian Union lawyers. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Lawyers Association (RLA). President of the Association of Alumni of the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University / Leningrad State University (since 2004).

Honorary Doctor of Law, Faculty of Law, St. Petersburg State University (since 2005). Honorary Professor at the University of Almaty (Kazakhstan) (since 2006).

Author of two chapters ("Credit and settlement relations" and "Transport obligations") in the first volume of a three-volume textbook on civil law, which the Department of Civil Law of Leningrad State University first released in 1991. (Civil law: textbook / Collective author; ed.: Sergeev, A. P., ed.: Tolstoy, Yu. K.; . - M.: Prospekt, 2002 - . - T.1: . / N D. Egorov, I. V. Eliseev, A. A. Ivanov, M. V. Krotov and D. A. Medvedev - 6th ed., revised and additional, 2002. - 773 pp.)

During his student years, he was interested in photography and rock music (his favorite band was “Black Sabbath”), was involved in weightlifting, and won a university weightlifting competition in his weight category.

Married; with his wife Svetlana, nee Linnik, he studied at the same school; married in 1989; the wife graduated from the Institute of Finance and Economics; works in Moscow and organizes public events in St. Petersburg. Son Ilya born in 1996

D. A. Medvedev is a Russian statesman and political figure, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the United Russia party. From 2008 to 2012 he served as President of the Russian Federation. In the period from 2000 to 2008. held senior positions at Gazprom.

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev was born in Leningrad on September 14, 1965. He is the only child in the family. His father Anatoly Afanasyevich Medvedev worked as a professor at the institute.

Mother Yulia Veniaminovna also taught at the university. Then she worked as a tour guide in the city of Pavlovsk. The family at that time lived in the residential area of ​​Leningrad Kupchino. Dmitry Medvedev still maintains ties with his home school No. 305, where he is remembered as a very diligent and diligent student who spent more time at home reading books than walking in the yard with friends.

Dmitry Medvedev continued to show an equally serious attitude to his studies. In 1987, he successfully graduated from the Faculty of Law of Leningrad University, and three years later – graduate school. He successfully combined his postgraduate studies with work as an assistant at the Department of Civil Law of Leningrad State University. The result of a diligent attitude towards scientific knowledge was the defense of a candidate's dissertation.

Since 1988, Medvedev began his teaching career. I read civil and Roman law at my native university. He taught until his move to Moscow in 1999, but from June 1990, Medvedev’s political activities began in parallel, which required a lot of time and effort.

He, together with Vladimir Putin, became one of the assistants to the chairman of the Leningrad City Council, Anatoly Sobchak. Medvedev worked as a legal expert on the Foreign Relations Committee, which was headed by Putin. Soon Dmitry Anatolyevich became an adviser to Putin, who by that time already held the post of first deputy mayor of St. Petersburg.

In March 1994, Medvedev was already working as an adviser to Putin, who took the position of first deputy mayor of the city. From that moment on, their destinies and political careers were closely intertwined. When Putin received the post of Prime Minister of Russia in the late autumn of 1999, he immediately invited Medvedev to his team, appointing him as deputy to Alexander Voloshin, who at that time headed the presidential administration.

In February 2000, Dmitry Medvedev headed the election headquarters of Vladimir Putin, who successfully became President of the Russian Federation. After this victory, Medvedev received the post of first deputy head of the presidential administration. In addition, Dmitry Medvedev has held other important positions during these years. He becomes chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Gazprom, where he heads the group for liberalizing the company's stock market.

After several years of active collaboration with Vladimir Putin, it becomes clear to many that Dmitry Medvedev is a serious contender for the position of successor to the President. Already in October 2006, as a result of a sociological survey, Medvedev received 30% of the votes of respondents who saw him as the new President of the Russian Federation after the end of Vladimir Putin’s second term.

On September 24, 2007, the next composition of the Russian government was determined. Medvedev became its first deputy prime minister. On December 10, 2007, representatives of four parties, namely: “A Just Russia”, “United Russia”, the Agrarian Party and the “Civil Power” party approved Medvedev’s candidacy as a candidate for President of Russia. Vladimir Putin did not object to this decision.

In the presidential elections on March 2, 2008, Dmitry Medvedev received more than 70% of the votes and won a landslide victory. On May 7, he solemnly took office as President of the Russian Federation. After four years of rule, Medvedev will refuse to participate in the election campaign in favor of his comrade-in-arms Vladimir Putin. He, in turn, will again appoint Medvedev to the post of Prime Minister of Russia in May 2012.

Journalists managed to find out that within the Kremlin walls Medvedev has a nickname - Vizier. Among specialists, Dmitry Anatolyevich is known for his monographs in the field of transport law, legal regulation credit and settlement relations.

Since 1993, Medvedev has been married to the daughter of military personnel, Svetlana Linnik. They met during their school years, as they studied in parallel classes. Interestingly, the first teachers Medvedeva and Linnik were friends, so they often took their classes on walks together. In 1995, a son, Ilya, was born into the Medvedev family.

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev- a talented politician, one of the leading leaders of Russia, third president, Chairman of the Government, born 10/14/1965.

Childhood

Dmitry Medvedev is a native Leningrader, born into an intelligent family. His mother was a philology teacher, and after completing her teaching career, she was a tour guide. Father is a professor, taught at Institute of Technology. Medvedev's more distant ancestors on both lines were peasants.

After the war, my paternal grandfather worked along the party line and rose to the rank of first secretary of the district committee, and my grandmother devoted herself to raising children.

In the family of his parents, Medvedev was the only child who received a lot of attention and tried to invest the best qualities in him. He did well at school. He liked the process of studying and acquiring new knowledge. Teachers remembered him as a diligent, well-mannered and exemplary boy. There was practically no time left for yard games with peers.

After graduating from school, Medvedev decided to enter the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University. In those days there was a huge competition, and after school only a few people were accepted from those who had not served in the army. But Medvedev, who finished school with flying colors, managed to get in on his first try. There he continued to study diligently; teachers warmly remember the still diligent student.

During his student years, Dmitry developed new interesting hobbies. Then he became seriously interested in photography. Having started shooting with the simplest camera, he carried this passion throughout his life.

Even when he was already president, he took part in all-Russian photo competitions. His second significant hobby was sports. While at the university, he began weightlifting and even won student competitions.

Start of a career

After graduating from university, Medvedev remained at his native institution for a teaching job. And three years later I entered graduate school. At the university he taught civil and Roman law, and also co-authored a textbook on civil law. Defended his Ph.D. dissertation.

His teaching had to be completed in 1999, when he received an invitation from Putin to a position in the Russian presidential administration.

While teaching at Leningrad State University, Medvedev managed to simultaneously work in Sobchak’s administration as his adviser, and then as an expert of the committee on external relations in the St. Petersburg mayor’s office, under the direct supervision of Putin.

In the committee, Medvedev was mainly involved in economic relations and investment projects. And although many considered Medvedev to be imperious and categorical, the Putin-Medvedev tandem was already working clearly and harmoniously.

Since 1993, Medvedev became the founder of the closed joint-stock company Finzell, and then a co-founder and organizer of several large investment projects.

There are also rumors that for about 5 years in the 90s he served as head of the legal department of one of the large insurance companies, which scandalously assured its existence on the Russian market. Medvedev stopped working at the mayor's office after Anatoly Sobchak resigned from the post of mayor of St. Petersburg.

Conquest of Moscow

Medvedev moved to Moscow at the end of 1999, and after Putin assumed the duties of acting President of Russia transferred to him by Boris Yeltsin, Medvedev took Putin's former position - first deputy head of the Presidential Administration. By the way, in the 2000 elections it was Medvedev who headed the headquarters of Putin’s election campaign.

In 2000, he held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom, which he held until his presidency in May 2008. Medvedev's political career in Moscow is developing rapidly, and already in November 2003 he became the head of the presidential administration and a member of the Security Council.

Presidential elections

In 2006, Medvedev decides to participate in the election campaign for the post of President of the Russian Federation. By the way, his candidacy is supported by Vladimir Putin himself, who speaks of Medvedev as a decent person and a talented politician. And although the United Russia party nominates Medvedev as a candidate, a number of leading Russian parties support his candidacy.

This alignment of political forces made Medvedev's victory in the elections almost inevitable. And in May 2008, he officially became the third president of Russia.

Medvedev successfully served a full term in this post, again in close cooperation with Vladimir Putin, who at that time served as Prime Minister. After his election, Medvedev relinquishes his powers as head of Gazprom and completely devotes himself to the interests of Russia.

First of all, he devotes his efforts to the development of housing construction and lending, paying special attention to veterans and war participants. In addition, the most favored nation regime is created for the development higher education in Russia.

During Medvedev's presidency, the global financial crisis of 2008 occurred, which affected the entire global economy. Together with Putin, Medvedev developed and implemented a number of emergency measures to overcome the crisis situation and straighten out the country's economy.

Thoughtful actions led to the fact that already in 2009 the economic situation in Russia stabilized and indicators began to grow again.