18 Facts About Anatoliy Serdyukov

Anatoly Eduardovich Anatoliy Serdyukov is a Russian politician and businessman.

Anatoliy Serdyukov was Russia's Minister of Defense from 15 February 2007 to 6 November 2012, and made several major reforms of the Russian military.

Anatoliy Serdyukov has worked as an Industrial Director for Rostec, a state corporation, since October 2015.

Anatoliy Serdyukov's career started to develop very successfully after the election of Vladimir Putin as Russian President in 2000.

In 2001, Anatoliy Serdyukov graduated from the Law Department of Saint Petersburg State University.

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From 2000 to 2001, Anatoliy Serdyukov served as deputy chief of the Saint Petersburg Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia.

Anatoliy Serdyukov often resorted to personnel rotation and appointment of former federal tax officials to the regional tax service departments in the federal subjects of Russia.

On 14 September 2007, Anatoliy Serdyukov offered his resignation to the president over family relations with Viktor Zubkov, but this resignation was not accepted.

However before Putin responded, Baluyevsky did support publicly the resignation of Anatoliy Serdyukov and stated that "the next defence minister could be a woman".

In office, Anatoliy Serdyukov chose not to get involved in the daily administration of troops and operational-strategic planning, leaving these matters to the professionals.

Apparently bringing this under control was the first and most important reason why Anatoliy Serdyukov was considered and appointed as Minister of Defence.

In 2010, Anatoliy Serdyukov launched a $430 billion military reform to be achieved over the next 15 years in order to fully re-equip Russian conventional forces.

Anatoliy Serdyukov was demanding drastic cuts in Russia's officer corps.

Anatoliy Serdyukov called for mergers of Military academies, sharp cuts in the number of military bases, and reductions in rear support and noncombat units.

Anatoliy Serdyukov's actions gave him a positive image in the eyes of the Russian public.

Anatoliy Serdyukov's defenestration was connected to the corruption case surrounding defence ministry official Yevgeniya Vasilyeva.

Anatoliy Serdyukov's duties include supervising of all the company's aviation-related activities from helicopter-building to airplane engines.

Anatoliy Serdyukov is married to a daughter of Viktor Zubkov, the 10th Prime Minister of Russia and previous chairman of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia.