22 Facts About Gleb Nikitin

Gleb Sergeyevich Nikitin is a Russian politician and statesman.

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

Gleb Nikitin has been the governor of Nizhny Novgorod region since 26 September 2018.

In 1999, Gleb Nikitin graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance with a degree in Finance and Credit.

From 1999 to 2004, Gleb Nikitin worked in the Committee for City Property Management of St Petersburg.

Gleb Nikitin held the posts of leading specialist, head of department, and head of the office of the disposal of state property.

From 2004 to 2012, Gleb Nikitin worked in the Federal Agency for State Property Management as the head of the Property Department of commercial sector organizations, as deputy head of the agency, and, from December 2011 to June 2012, as its head.

Gleb Nikitin represented the interests of the Russian Federation as a shareholder of enterprises.

Gleb Nikitin provided for the development and implementation of an inter-agency portal for the interaction of state bodies, enterprises, and members of the management bodies of joint-stock companies.

Gleb Nikitin took an active part in the implementation of the reform of management systems of organizations with public participation and the development and implementation of new tools and institutions in the field of corporate governance.

Gleb Nikitin actively participated in the largest public offerings of shares of Russian companies, including the IPO of Rosneft in 2006 and the privatization of VTB Bank in 2011.

Gleb Nikitin supported projects to create vertically integrated structures for companies with state participation, the formation of United Shipbuilding Corporation and United Aircraft Building Corporation.

In July 2012, Gleb Nikitin was appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, in June 2013, becoming the first deputy under Denis Manturov.

Gleb Nikitin oversaw the planning, implementation, and budget support of state programs; state policy in the field of property relations, including the preparation of annual plans for the privatization of federal property of organizations; corporate policy in the ministry's sphere of activities; information systems for project management; and formed and implemented state policy in the sphere of property management.

Gleb Nikitin oversaw the regulation of foreign trade activity; participation of the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization; coordinated the implementation of principles of the best available technologies; ensured the activities on the application of measures of non-tariff regulation; and coordinated deputy ministers on interactions with foreign countries and international economic, sectoral, and regional organizations.

Gleb Nikitin was a member of the collegium of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation and was a representative of the Government of the Russian Federation in the Russian tripartite commission for the regulation of social and labor relations.

Gleb Nikitin coordinated the introduction of information technologies to the Ministry such as technical regulation, standardization, metrology and ensuring the uniformity of measurements; preparation of technical regulations; formation of a system that confirmed the quality of Russian products; foreign economic relations regarding technical regulations and standards; ecology and environmental protection; and technology that monitored the labor and employment markets.

Gleb Nikitin promoted the principles of Open Government within the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Gleb Nikitin took part in the development of the domestic composite industry and in the issue of import substitution in Russia.

Gleb Nikitin was one of the proponents of the bills "On Industrial Policy" and "On Standardization in the Russian Federation", and represented them before the deputies of the State Duma.

Gleb Nikitin participated in the development of the Industrial Development Fund and the necessary legal acts for the organization of its work.

On September 26,2017, by decree of the Russian president Gleb Nikitin was appointed as the acting governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region "before the appointment of a person elected by the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region".