14 Facts About Mikhail Fradkov

Since 4 January 2017, Fradkov has been Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies.

The cabinet of Mikhail Fradkov was the first government in the history of Russia that voluntarily resigned in accordance with part 1 of Article 117 of the constitution.

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

Mikhail Fradkov was born near Samara to a family of Jewish origin on his father's side.

Mikhail Fradkov studied at both the Moscow Machine Tool Design Institute and the Foreign Trade Academy.

In late 1992, Mikhail Fradkov was appointed Deputy Minister for Foreign Economic Relations.

Mikhail Fradkov was made director of the Federal Tax Police by Vladimir Putin in 2001, having previously been Deputy Secretary of the Security Council.

Mikhail Fradkov's nomination as prime minister was a surprise to many observers, as he was not seen as part of Vladimir Putin's inner circle.

On 12 May 2004, Fradkov was appointed prime minister for the second time, as Vladimir Putin had won the presidential election and been inaugurated on 7 May.

On 12 September 2007 Mikhail Fradkov announced his resignation to President Putin, which Putin accepted, nominating Viktor Zubkov as Mikhail Fradkov's successor.

Putin bestowed an award on Mikhail Fradkov and said that he would remain in office until the confirmation of a successor by the Duma.

Pavel Fradkov, the son of Mikhail Fradkov, is a deputy head of the state property watchdog Rosimushchestvo.

On 12 September 2007, at a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fradkov was asked to resign the government, motivating it as follows:.

Mikhail Fradkov was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.