12 Facts About Elvira Nabiullina

Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina was born on 29 October 1963 and is a Russian economist and current governor of the Central Bank of Russia.

Elvira Nabiullina was President Vladimir Putin's economic adviser from May 2012 to June 2013 after serving as the minister of economic development from September 2007 to May 2012.

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

Elvira Nabiullina's father, Sakhipzada Saitzadayevich, was a driver, while her mother, Zuleikha Khamatnurovna, was a factory manager.

Elvira Nabiullina graduated from school No 31 of Ufa, followed by the Moscow State University Faculty of Economics in 1986.

Between 1991 and 1994, Elvira Nabiullina worked at the USSR Science and Industry Union and its successor, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Elvira Nabiullina spent the next two years with Sberbank as its chief executive and with former Economic Development and Trade Minister Herman Gref's non-governmental think tank, the Center for Strategic Development, before returning to the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade as first deputy in 2000.

Elvira Nabiullina found working with then-deputy premier and finance minister Alexei Kudrin "difficult but always interesting" and remained in that position until 21 May 2012.

In 2020, Elvira Nabiullina appeared at press conferences with a brooch of a blue wave, a dot, a tumbler, a stork.

In September 2021, Elvira Nabiullina revealed the meaning of the brooches, which represent her own way of communication, an alternate language to "give the market a chance to reflect".

On 19 April 2022, Elvira Nabiullina was sanctioned by Australia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Elvira Nabiullina was sanctioned by New Zealand and the United Kingdom.