Alexander Pochinok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Почино́к; 12 January 1958 – 16 March 2014) was a Russian economist and politician. He was the minister of taxes and levies from 1999 to 2000 and minister of labor and social development from 2000 to 2004.
Alexander Pochinok | |
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![]() Pochinok in 2013 | |
Russian Federation Senator from Perm Krai | |
In office 31 January 2012 – 2 July 2012 | |
Preceded by | Igor Shubin |
Succeeded by | Andrey Klimov |
Russian Federation Senator from Krasnodar Krai | |
In office 6 June 2007 – 14 October 2011 | |
Preceded by | Farkhad Akhmedov |
Succeeded by | Akhmed Bilalov |
Minister of Labor and Social Development | |
In office May 2000 – March 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Mikhail Kasyanov |
Preceded by | Sergey Kalashnikov |
Succeeded by | Mikhail Zurabov (for social development portfolio) |
Minister of Taxes and Levies | |
In office 25 May 1999 – 18 May 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Sergey Stepashin Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Georgy Boos |
Succeeded by | Gennady Bukayev |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander Petrovich Pochinok 12 January 1958 Chelyabinsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 16 March 2014 Moscow, Russia | (aged 56)
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Civic Platform (2012–14) |
Other political affiliations | CPSU (1985–91), DVR (1993–2001), SPS (2001–08) |
Alma mater | Chelyabinsk Lenin Komsomol Polytechnic Institute Institute of Economy of the Soviet Academy of Sciences |
Early life and education
Pochinok was born in Chelyabinsk on 12 January 1958.[1] He graduated from Chelyabinsk Lenin Komsomol Memorial Polytechnic Institute with a degree in engineering and economics in 1980.[1] He received a PhD in economics from the Institute of Economy of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1986.[1]
Career
From 1980 to 1990 Pochinok worked at the Soviet Academy of Sciences as a researcher.[1] In 1990, he became a deputy at the Duma, representing Chelyabinsk.[1][2] He was one of the earliest independent democrats elected to the Duma.[3] He was made head of the Duma's budget committee.[4] In September 1993, he resigned from the Duma.[5] From 1993 to 1994 he served as deputy finance minister.[1] In 1995, he was promoted to the academic rank of associate professor and in 1997, of professor of tax policy at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.[1]
Pochinok was the head of the state tax service from 1998 to 1999,[1] and Boris Fyodorov replaced him in the post.[6] Then Pochinok served as the head of the department of finance and monetary credit regulation from 1998 to 1999.[1] Pochinok was the minister of taxes and levies from 1999 to 2000.[7] Gennady Bukayev replaced him in the post.[8] In May 2000, President Vladimir Putin appointed Pochinok as minister of labor and social development to Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov's cabinet.[8][9] Pochinok's term lasted until 2004[7] and Mikhail Zurabov succeeded him as minister of social development in March 2004.[10] Then Pochinok served as deputy presidential plenipotentiary representative in the Southern Federal District.[7] From 2007 to 2011 he represented Krasnodar Krai at the Federation Council.[7][11]
In January 2012, Pochinok was appointed senator and became a member of the Federation Council.[11] In October 2012 he became a functionary of the Civic Platform party organized by businessman Mikhail Prokhorov.[12][13]
Views
Pochinok was one of the first liberal Russian economists.[3] However, he later advocated Boris Yeltsin's economic approach in the mid-1990s.[14]
Personal life and death
Pochinok married twice. His second spouse, Natalia Gribkova, was his student and Russia’s light athletics champion, who was 20 years younger than him.[14] He had two sons and a daughter.[15]
Pochinok died of hemorrhagic stroke at the age of 56 in March 2014.[12][15]
References
External links
Media related to Aleksander Pochinok at Wikimedia Commons