Vladimir Yakunin
| Vladimir Yakunin | |
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| President of Russian Railways | |
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In office 15 June 2005 – 20 August 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Gennady Fadeyev |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Belozyorov |
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30 June 1948 Melenki, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Profession | Doctor of Political Sciences |
Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Якунин; born June 30, 1948 in Melenki, Vladimir Oblast) is a Russian public figure, businessman and former president of Russian Railways (June 2005 – August 2015). In 2012 he was elected chairman of the Union of Railways (UIC) a position he held until 2015. In March 2014 he was placed on the US State Department's list of Russian officials and businessmen sanctioned in the wake the annexation of Crimea. After stepping down as head of Russian Railways he has continued to be engaged in public work as a founder and president of World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”. In October 2015 he started work on creating an international think tank focused on the search for solutions to help de-escalate tensions across the world.
Vladimir Yakunin was born in Melenki in Gus-Khrustalny District Vladimir Oblast. He lived with his family in Pärnu, Estonia, until he was 14, where his father was stationed with the USSR Border Troops. His mother worked as an accountant. In 1964 his father was demobilized and the family moved to Leningrad, the city Yakunin views to as his home town.
In 1972, Yakunin graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute where he studied aircraft construction, and specialized in engineering and the maintenance of long-range ballistic missiles.
His career began in the State Institute for Applied Chemistry in Leningrad, where he worked from 1972 to 1975
In 1975, he joined the Soviet Army. After demobilizing in 1977, he worked as a senior engineer in the State Committee for International Trade of the Council of Ministers until 1982
From 1982-1985, he headed of the Foreign Relations Department at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute
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