14 Facts About Andrei Fursenko

Andrei Fursenko has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

Andrei Fursenko was the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation from 2004 to 2012.

Andrei Fursenko is considered to be a member of the Saint Petersburg political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency.

Andrei Fursenko's father Aleksandr Fursenko was a renowned historian, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Andrei Fursenko entered the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Leningrad State University in 1966 and graduated from there in 1971.

Andrei Fursenko defended his Candidate of Science dissertation in physics in 1978 and his Doctor of Science dissertation in physics in 1990.

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.

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.

In 1995 Andrei Fursenko became a member of the pro-government Our Home Is Russia party.

From November 2001 until November 2003 Andrei Fursenko was Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation.

From 9 March 2004 until 21 May 2012 Andrei Fursenko was Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federatiom.

Andrei Fursenko refused to prevent compulsory teaching of religious subjects at school and objected to teaching advanced mathematics at school.

Andrei Fursenko is married and has a son named Alexander.

Andrei Fursenko was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.