Igor Shuvalov
| Igor Shuvalov | |
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| First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2008 Serving with Viktor Zubkov until 21 May 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Dmitry Medvedev Sergei Ivanov |
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4 January 1967 Bilibino, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Шува́лов; IPA: [ˈigərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂʊˈvaləf]; born 4 January 1967) is a Russian lawyer and politician. Since May 2012 he serves as First Deputy Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet. Previously, he served in the same capacity in Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet. As First Deputy Prime Minister, he is the most senior member of the cabinet besides the Prime Minister and is responsible for federal budget and economic policies. He serves also as a member of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Igor Shuvalov was born on 4 January 1967, in the town of Bilibino in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, where his parents came to work. He graduated from high school in Moscow in 1984. Following a failed college matriculation in 1984 – 1985, he worked as a laboratory assistant at the Ekos Research Institute.
From 1985 to 1987 he completed compulsory military service in the Soviet Army, then enrolled into technical school. He later matriculated into the Faculty of Law at Moscow State University and graduated with a degree in Jurisprudence in 1993. After graduation, Shuvalov was assigned as attaché to the legal department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was responsible for pursuing developments in international law. The same year he joined the law firm 'ALM Consulting', named after Alexander Mamut where ALM stands for his initials A. L. Mamut. Shuvalov was senior attorney, then managing partner until 1997. The firm is affiliated with the Moscow Bar Association. In 1995 – 1996, Shuvalov became a co-founder of Stalker, a wholesale (OJSC), Fanteim, a real estate OJSC, RANDO (JSC), a consumer goods manufacturer, and the bank consortium of Channel One Russia JSC, which consolidated the capital of those banks that hold shares in Public Television of Russia JSC (ORT).
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