Anton Siluanov Антон Силуанов |
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Minister of Finance | |
Assumed office 27 September 2011 Acting: 27 September 2011 – 16 December 2011 |
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Prime Minister |
Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
Preceded by | Alexei Kudrin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
12 April 1963
Political party | United Russia |
Alma mater | Moscow Finance Institute |
Anton Germanovich Siluanov (Russian: Анто́н Ге́рманович Силуа́нов; IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈɡʲɛrmənəvʲɪtɕ sʲɪlʊˈanəf]; born 12 April 1963 in Moscow) is a Russian politician and economist. On 27 September 2011 appointed Acting Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He was appointed as acting Finance Minister instead of Alexei Kudrin, who was forced out and dismissed by president Dmitry Medvedev after publicly criticizing the additional defense spending of 2.1 trillion rubles (US$66 billion) through 2014.
In 1985 Siluanov graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute with a degree in "Finance and credit". In 1994 he obtained a PhD degree in economics (Russian nomenclature for the degree is кандидат экономических наук).
From August 1985 to March 1987 Siluanov served as a senior economist for the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. From March 1987 to May 1989 he was drafted and served in the Soviet Army.
From May 1989 to January 1992 he was a senior economist, a department head and a chief consultant and adviser for the Ministry of Finance. In February 1992 he was appointed as Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economics and Finance of the Russian Federation. From February 1992 to October 1997 he was the Deputy Head of Budget Office and Deputy Head of Budget Department of the Russian Ministry of Finance.
From October 1997 to July 2003 Siluanov led macro-economic policy and banking activities at the Russian Ministry of Finance.