Anatoly Serdyukov
| Anatoliy Serdyukov Анатолий Сердюкóв |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 15 February 2007 – 6 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin Viktor Zubkov (Acting) Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Sergei Ivanov |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Shoygu |
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Anatoliy Eduardovich Serdyukov 8 January 1962 Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse(s) | Iulia Zubkova |
| Alma mater |
Leningrad Institute of Soviet Trade Saint Petersburg State University |
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Anatoliy Eduardovich Serdyukov (Russian: Анатолий Эдуардович Сердюкóв; born 8 January 1962) is a Russian politician and businessman who was the Minister of Defense of Russia from 15 February 2007 to 6 November 2012. During his tenure as defense minister, he launched several major reforms of the Russian military. Since October 2015 he works as an Industrial Director for Rostec State corporation.
Born at Krasnodar Krai on 8 January 1962, Serdyukov graduated from Leningrad Institute of Soviet Trade in 1984 with a degree in economics. From 1984 to 1985 he served in the Soviet Army. Since 1985 he had worked in a furniture shop and from 1995 to 2000 was the director general of Furniture Market, a furniture company in Saint Petersburg. Serdyukov's career started to develop very successfully after the election of Vladimir Putin as Russian President in 2000. In 2001, Serdyukov graduated from the Law Department of Saint Petersburg State University.
From 2000 to 2001 Serdyukov served as deputy chief of the Saint Petersburg Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia. From 2001 to 2004 he led the directorate, succeeding Viktor Zubkov, his father-in-law. On 2 March 2004, he was appointed deputy tax minister of Russia.
From 2004 to 2007 he led the tax ministry (in July 2004 reorganized into the Federal Tax Service of Russia). During this period, the key officials of the service were replaced mainly by Serdyukov's colleagues from Saint Petersburg. He also often resorted to personnel rotation and appointment of former federal tax officials to the regional tax service departments in the federal subjects of Russia. During his tenure, court decisions in favor of the federal tax service became much more common. While the service was formally subordinate to the finance ministry under Alexey Kudrin, in fact Serdyukov very much leaned towards Presidential aide Viktor Ivanov.
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