16 Facts About Martin Shakkum

Martin Lucianovich Shakkum is a Russian politician, economist and psychologist.

Martin Shakkum was a member of the State Duma between 1999 and 2021.

Martin Shakkum was born on 21 September 1951 in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR.

Martin Shakkum's father was an ethnic Latvian, his mother - Russian.

Martin Shakkum graduated from Kaliningrad Higher Military Engineering College, then All-Union Correspondence Civil Engineering Institute.

From 1991 to 1999 Martin Shakkum was CEO, Vice President and then President of the International Fund for Economic and Social Reforms.

Martin Shakkum ran for President as independent candidate in the 1996 Russian presidential election.

An associate of radical economist Shatalin, Martin Shakkum was on the right wing of the Russian political spectrum.

Martin Shakkum proposed requiring all civil servants of federal and regional government bodies and deputies of elective bodies to publish their income reports and documentation of all property belonging to them and their immediate relatives, including adult children, both in Russia and abroad.

However, Martin Shakkum successfully managed to appeal through the Supreme Court.

Martin Shakkum received 277,068 votes in the first round.

In December 1999, Martin Shakkum was elected to the State Duma for the Istra single-member constituency.

In publications and speeches in 2000 and 2004, Martin Shakkum actively supported Vladimir Putin in his presidential campaigns.

At a meeting between a United Russia faction activist and Vladimir Putin in July 2006, Martin Shakkum publicly invited him to join the party and lead it.

Martin Shakkum told Putin that he wants to see him as national leader which then caused applause in a hall.

Martin Shakkum has scientific degrees of Candidate of Sciences by Psychology and Doctor of Sciences by Economy.