Sergei Shmatko
Сергей Шматко
Shmatko in 2011
Minister of Energy
In office
May 2008  May 2012
Prime MinisterVladimir Putin
Succeeded byAlexander Novak
Personal details
Born26 September 1966
Stavropol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Died7 November 2021(2021-11-07) (aged 55)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyUnited Russia

Sergei Ivanovich Shmatko (Russian: Сергей Иванович Шматко, 26 September 1966 – 7 November 2021) was a Russian businessman and politician specializing in the energy industry. He was Russia's Minister of Energy[1] from May 2008 until May 2012.

Early life and education

Shmatko was born in Stavropol (South-West of Russia). He earned degrees from both Urals State University in Yekaterinburg (USSR) and the University of Marburg in West Germany.[1]

Business career

Shmatko's business career from 1992 involved stints consulting in Germany and Russia, and working at the All-Russia Bank of Regional Development. He was appointed head of economic strategy at Rosenergoatom in 1997 and in 2005 became president of Russia's nuclear-power export monopoly, Atomstroyexport.[1]

Minister of Energy

Shmatko was appointed to the newly established position of Minister of Energy in May 2008, during the incoming administration of President Dmitry Medvedev.[1]

Death

He died from COVID-19 on 7 November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Restructuring without Repopulating". Kommersant. 13 May 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  2. "СМИ: Экс-глава Минэнерго Сергей Шматко умер от коронавируса".


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