Andrei Fursenko
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Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko ' onMouseout='HidePop("7896")' href="/topics/Saint_Petersburg">Leningrad
) is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. Currently he is the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
. His brother Sergey Fursenko
(b. 1954) is a technician, businessman, TV producer and the president of the football club Zenit
(St. Petersburg).
Andrei Fursenko entered the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Leningrad State University in 1966 and graduated from there in 1971. In the university he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
, which he left in August 1991 as it had been banned.
as a junior researcher, senior researcher, the chief of the Computer Department (1985–1989), deputy director for science (1987–1991).
He defended his Candidate of Science dissertation in physics in 1978 and his Doctor of Science
dissertation in physics in 1990.
In 1990-1991 together with Yuriy Kovalchuk
(another deputy director) and Vladimir Yakunin
(head of the foreign relations department of the institute) he tried to create a commercial enterprise within the institute that would be engaged in the application of scientific achievements. These plans, however, were opposed by Zhores Alfyorov, director, so that Fursenko, Kovalchuk and Yakunin left their positions in the institute.
Outside the insititute in St. Petersburg they founded several companies specializing in science application.
In 1991-1992 Fursenko was a vice-president of the R&D company Advanced Technology Center Ltd.
headed by Yuriy Kovalchuk.
Since 1992 - November 2001 he was the Director General of the St. Petersburg Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development attached to the electronic factory OJSC Svetlana. RFSED was founded by the Russia bank, JSC "Fund for Regional Development, OJSC Svetlana, City Property Committee of St. Petersburg and three more enterprises.
In 1993 Andrei Fursenko got acquainted with Vladimir Putin
who worked in the Office of the Mayor of St. Petersburg as the head of the Committee for External Relations and had registered some of his companies. http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html
Since the early 90s, Andrei Fursenko owns a dacha
in Solovyovka, Priozersky district of the Leningrad region
, which is located on the eastern shore of the Komsomol'skoye lake on the Karelian Isthmus
near St. Petersburg. His neighbours there are Vladimir Putin
, Vladimir Yakunin
, his brother Sergey Fursenko
, Yuriy Kovalchuk
, Viktor Myachin, Vladimir Smirnov and Nikolay Shamalov. On 10 November 1996, together they instituted the co-operative society Ozero
(the Lake) which united their properties. http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.htmlhttp://www.lib.ru/HISTORY/FELSHTINSKY/naslednik.txt
In May 1994 - September 1995 he was CEO of Russian-German Joint venture Investment Consulting Company St. Petersburg (ICC).
In 1995 Andrei Fursenko became a member of the pro-government Our Home Is Russia
party.
In September 2000 - 2001 he was a Philippines
consul in St. Petersburg, A.H.
Since October 2000 he is the Chairman of the Academic Council of the Foundation "Centre for Strategic Research North-West" (CEO Yuriy Kovalchuk).
November 2003 - March 2004: Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation
He was appointed Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on 9 March 2004.
Andrei Fursenko refuses to prevent compulsory teaching of religious subjects at school: http://www.mk.ru/numbers/2418/article84922.htmhttp://www.anticompromat.ru/fursenko_a/index.htmlhttp://religion.sova-center.ru/events/13B7455/13DF6DE/7F786A9
Andrei Fursenko is married and has a son named Alexander.
He is fluent in English.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. Currently he is the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Family and education
His father Aleksandr Fursenko (1927–2008) was a renowned historian, a member of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
. His brother Sergey Fursenko
Sergey Fursenko
Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko is a Russian businessman.He is a brother of Andrei Fursenko.Since July 2003 Sergey Fursenko is the Director General of the JSC Lentransgaz, a subsidiary of Gazprom....
(b. 1954) is a technician, businessman, TV producer and the president of the football club Zenit
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
(St. Petersburg).
Andrei Fursenko entered the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Leningrad State University in 1966 and graduated from there in 1971. In the university he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...
, which he left in August 1991 as it had been banned.
Career
From 1971-1991 he worked in Leningrad at the Ioffe Physico-Technical InstituteIoffe Physico-Technical Institute
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is one of Russia's largest research centers specialized in physics and technology. The institute was established in 1918 in Petrograd and run for several decades by Abram Fedorovich Ioffe...
as a junior researcher, senior researcher, the chief of the Computer Department (1985–1989), deputy director for science (1987–1991).
He defended his Candidate of Science dissertation in physics in 1978 and his Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...
dissertation in physics in 1990.
In 1990-1991 together with Yuriy Kovalchuk
Yuriy Kovalchuk
Yury Valentinovich Kovalchuk is a Russian businessman and financier "reputed to be Putin's personal banker". The May 2008 issue of Russian Forbes listed him for the first time in its Golden Hundred of Russia's richest and introduced him and another new entrant to the List, Gennady Timchenko, as...
(another deputy director) and Vladimir Yakunin
Vladimir Yakunin
Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin is a Russian official, president of state-run Russian Railways company. Yakunin is a close ally of the former Russian president Vladimir Putin and is considered to be one of the members of his inner circle.-Biography:...
(head of the foreign relations department of the institute) he tried to create a commercial enterprise within the institute that would be engaged in the application of scientific achievements. These plans, however, were opposed by Zhores Alfyorov, director, so that Fursenko, Kovalchuk and Yakunin left their positions in the institute.
Outside the insititute in St. Petersburg they founded several companies specializing in science application.
In 1991-1992 Fursenko was a vice-president of the R&D company Advanced Technology Center Ltd.
headed by Yuriy Kovalchuk.
Since 1992 - November 2001 he was the Director General of the St. Petersburg Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development attached to the electronic factory OJSC Svetlana. RFSED was founded by the Russia bank, JSC "Fund for Regional Development, OJSC Svetlana, City Property Committee of St. Petersburg and three more enterprises.
In 1993 Andrei Fursenko got acquainted with Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
who worked in the Office of the Mayor of St. Petersburg as the head of the Committee for External Relations and had registered some of his companies. http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html
Since the early 90s, Andrei Fursenko owns a dacha
Dacha
Dacha is a Russian word for seasonal or year-round second homes often located in the exurbs of Soviet and post-Soviet cities. Cottages or shacks serving as family's main or only home are not considered dachas, although many purpose-built dachas are recently being converted for year-round residence...
in Solovyovka, Priozersky district of the Leningrad region
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
, which is located on the eastern shore of the Komsomol'skoye lake on the Karelian Isthmus
Karelian Isthmus
The Karelian Isthmus is the approximately 45–110 km wide stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva . Its northwestern boundary is the relatively narrow area between the Bay of Vyborg and Lake Ladoga...
near St. Petersburg. His neighbours there are Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
, Vladimir Yakunin
Vladimir Yakunin
Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin is a Russian official, president of state-run Russian Railways company. Yakunin is a close ally of the former Russian president Vladimir Putin and is considered to be one of the members of his inner circle.-Biography:...
, his brother Sergey Fursenko
Sergey Fursenko
Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko is a Russian businessman.He is a brother of Andrei Fursenko.Since July 2003 Sergey Fursenko is the Director General of the JSC Lentransgaz, a subsidiary of Gazprom....
, Yuriy Kovalchuk
Yuriy Kovalchuk
Yury Valentinovich Kovalchuk is a Russian businessman and financier "reputed to be Putin's personal banker". The May 2008 issue of Russian Forbes listed him for the first time in its Golden Hundred of Russia's richest and introduced him and another new entrant to the List, Gennady Timchenko, as...
, Viktor Myachin, Vladimir Smirnov and Nikolay Shamalov. On 10 November 1996, together they instituted the co-operative society Ozero
Ozero
Ozero is a co-operative society allegedly instituted on November 10, 1996 by Vladimir Smirnov , Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yury Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, and Nikolay Shamalov...
(the Lake) which united their properties. http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.htmlhttp://www.lib.ru/HISTORY/FELSHTINSKY/naslednik.txt
In May 1994 - September 1995 he was CEO of Russian-German Joint venture Investment Consulting Company St. Petersburg (ICC).
In 1995 Andrei Fursenko became a member of the pro-government Our Home Is Russia
Our Home Is Russia
Our Home – Russia , abbreviated as NDR, was a Russian political party between 1995 and early 2000.Our Home – Russia was founded in 1995 by then Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. It was a liberal, centrist political movement, founded for the purpose of rallying more technocratic-reformist...
party.
In September 2000 - 2001 he was a Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
consul in St. Petersburg, A.H.
Since October 2000 he is the Chairman of the Academic Council of the Foundation "Centre for Strategic Research North-West" (CEO Yuriy Kovalchuk).
Government
November 2001 – November 2003: Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian FederationNovember 2003 - March 2004: Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation
He was appointed Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on 9 March 2004.
Andrei Fursenko refuses to prevent compulsory teaching of religious subjects at school: http://www.mk.ru/numbers/2418/article84922.htmhttp://www.anticompromat.ru/fursenko_a/index.htmlhttp://religion.sova-center.ru/events/13B7455/13DF6DE/7F786A9
Andrei Fursenko is married and has a son named Alexander.
He is fluent in English.
External links
- CV
- Biography in Russian
- Biography by V. Pribylovsky in Russian
- Dossier by V. Pribylovsky in Russian
- Pribylovsky, Vladimir. Th Origin of Putin's Oligarchy in Russian
- The Operation "Successor" by Vladimir PribylovskyVladimir PribylovskyVladimir Valerianovich Pribylovsky is a Russian historian, journalist and human rights advocate opposed to current Russian authorities.-Biography:...
& Yuriy Felshtinsky (in Russian)