Anatoly Chubais
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais (Russian: Анатолий Борисович Чубайс; born 16 June 1955) is a Russian politician and economist who was responsible for privatization in Russia as an influential member of Boris Yeltsin's administration in the early 1990s. During this period, he was a key figure in introducing a market economy and the principles of private ownership to Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
Anatoly Chubais | |
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| Анатолий Чубайс | |
Chubais in 2017 | |
| Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organisations to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals | |
| In office 4 December 2020 – 22 March 2022 | |
| Chairman of the Executive Board of Rusnano | |
| In office 22 September 2008 – 3 December 2020 | |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 7 March 1997 – 23 March 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| In office 5 November 1994 – 16 January 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Kremlin Chief of Staff | |
| In office 15 July 1996 – 7 March 1997 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Yegorov |
| Succeeded by | Valentin Yumashev |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 1 June 1992 – 5 November 1994 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anatoly Borisovich Chubais 16 June 1955 Borisov, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of the Soviet Union Union of Right Forces |
| Spouses | Lyudmila Grigoryeva
(m. 1978; div. 1989)Maria Vishnevskaya
(m. 1990; div. 2011) |
| Relations | Igor Chubais (brother) |
| Children | 2 |
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From 1998 to 2008, he headed the state-owned electrical power monopoly RAO UES. A 2004 survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Financial Times named Chubais the world's 54th most respected business leader. He was the head of the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation (RUSNANO) in 2008–2020. He was a member of the Advisory Council for JPMorgan Chase from September 2008 until 2013. From December 2020, he served as a Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organisations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
On 22 March 2022, Chubais resigned from his position of special representative and left Russia due to his opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to media reports. He is the highest ranked Russian figure to have resigned due to the invasion.