36 Facts About Igor Shuvalov

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

Igor Shuvalov was born on 4 January 1967, in the town of Bilibino in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, where his parents came to work.

Igor Shuvalov graduated from high school in Moscow in 1984.

Igor Shuvalov later matriculated into the Faculty of Law at Moscow State University and graduated with a degree in Jurisprudence in 1993.

In 1997, Igor Shuvalov was appointed as Head of the Department of the State Register of Federal Property on the State Committee of the Russian Federation for State Property Management, where he was responsible for cooperation with financial institutions and represented the interests of the state on the boards of directors of Rosgosstrakh and Sovcomflot.

In January 1998, Igor Shuvalov was appointed Deputy Minister of State Property.

On 25 May 1998, Igor Shuvalov was appointed Acting Chairman of the Russian Federal Property Fund and in September he was confirmed as Chairman.

On 18 May 2000, after the appointment of Mikhail Kasyanov as Prime Minister of Russia, Igor Shuvalov became a minister of the Russian Federation as Chief of Staff of the Government.

In October 2003, Igor Shuvalov was appointed Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.

In 2005, Igor Shuvalov became the personal representative of the president at the G8 and, in 2006, he was Deputy Chairman of the organizing committee for the preparation and securement of Russia's chairmanship of the G8.

Since 19 March 2009, Igor Shuvalov has been the national coordinator of the affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Since August 2010, Igor Shuvalov has been responsible for coordinating the efforts of federal executive agencies to consider inquiries from Russian and foreign investors, and formally remains in that position, following the June 2012 appointment of Boris Titov as Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights.

On 25 March 2011, the newspaper Vedomost reported that Igor Shuvalov considered the possibility of heading the Right Cause political party, citing a federal official and a source within the party.

In 2011, Igor Shuvalov headed the regional electoral list of the United Russia party as a Primorsky Krai candidate for the State Duma of the VI Convocation at the 4 December elections.

In January 2012, Igor Shuvalov became the head of the government commission on transport and communication.

On 21 May 2012 Igor Shuvalov was appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister in the government formed that month.

The expert noted that for Putin Igor Shuvalov was the "official with the driving force who could get things off the ground", which is why he gets assigned "projects that are economic in nature but with an extremely important public policy component as well as strict deadlines that cannot be breached".

However, Igor Shuvalov allegedly refused and joined the Putin government, thus becoming "a kind of a macroeconomic incarnation of the prime minister".

In 2008, Igor Shuvalov became head of the organizing committee on preparation for the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which was held in Vladivostok in September 2012.

Igor Shuvalov stated that none of the facilities built in Primorye were akin to a "Potemkin village".

Igor Shuvalov supported investigations into potential corruption in preparation for the APEC 2012 summit.

Igor Shuvalov stated that the Far Eastern Directorate of the Ministry of Regional Development was a "redundant link".

Igor Shuvalov expressed the hope that the perpetrators of the embezzlement would be convicted.

Igor Shuvalov believes that the APEC 2012 forum should help shift Russia's foreign trade balance toward Asian countries.

Igor Shuvalov, who oversaw the construction of facilities for the APEC summit in Vladivostok, was among the potential candidates considered for the position of Agency Chief.

In 2012, Igor Shuvalov proposed the idea of creating a regulator of the Russian financial markets based in the Central Bank of Russia.

The concept of creating a mega-regulator proposed by Igor Shuvalov was approved by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in January 2013.

In 2009, Igor Shuvalov became the head of the organizing committee for the 27th World Summer Universiade.

In December 2012, Igor Shuvalov announced that all preparations for the Universiade were proceeding on schedule.

Igor Shuvalov was part of the Russian delegation together with the Minister of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy, Vitaly Mutko, and football player Andrei Arshavin.

In March 2013, it was announced that the regions had requested 540 billion roubles to prepare for World Cup 2018, but the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Igor Shuvalov, stated that the amount was excessive.

In March 2012, the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal reported that the family of Igor Shuvalov acquired shares from Gazprom worth approximately $18 million via Sevenkey, a company registered in the Bahamas.

On 10 April 2013, Igor Shuvalov met with the editors of leading publications and demonstrated his assets and income declaration for 2011, mentioning the Severin Enterprises company that had been the focus of media attention.

Igor Shuvalov is a major business figure engaged in the sale of real estate in the Skolkovo Innovation Center offshore business, and trading in shares of Russian raw materials companies.

In 2014, Foreign Policy reported that Igor Shuvalov's wealth was $220 Million.

The Washington Times has covered the controversy surrounding Igor Shuvalov's alleged ownership of an enormous $9.4 million apartment in Moscow.