Anton Siluanov

Anton Germanovich Siluanov (Russian: Анто́н Ге́рманович Силуа́нов, IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈɡʲɛrmənəvʲɪtɕ sʲɪlʊˈanəf]; born 12 April 1963) is a Russian politician and economist. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

Anton Siluanov
Антон Силуанов
Siluanov in 2019
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
27 September 2011
Prime MinisterVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Mikhail Mishustin
Preceded byAlexei Kudrin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
18 May 2018  15 January 2020
Acting: 15 – 21 January 2020
Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev
Preceded byIgor Shuvalov
Succeeded byAndrey Belousov
Personal details
Born (1963-04-12) 12 April 1963
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materMoscow Finance Institute

In 2011, he was appointed Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin substituting in this position Alexei Kudrin, who was forced out and dismissed by president Dmitry Medvedev after publicly criticizing the additional defense spending of 2.1 trillion rubles (US$66 billion) through 2014. Siluanov served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2018 to 2020.

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