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Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko (Russian: Андрей Александрович Фурсенко; born July 17, 1949 in Leningrad) is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. Currently he is the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...


His father Alexander Fursenko (b. 1927) is a renowned historian, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, his brother Sergey Fursenko (b. 1954) is a technician, businessman, TV producer and the president of the footbal club Zenit (St. Petersburg). Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko (Russian: Сергей Александрович Фурсенко) (born in 1954 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian businessman. ... FC Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб Зенит Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football club, based in Saint Petersburg. ...


Career

Andrei Fursenko entered the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Leningrad State University in 1966 and graduated from there in 1971. In the university he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which he left in August 1991 as it had been banned. Categories: Russia-related stubs | Universities and colleges in Russia | Saint Petersburg ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the Russian...


From 1971-1991 he worked in Leningrad at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute as a junior researcher, senior researcher, the chief of the Computer Department (1985-1989), deputy director for sciece (1987-1991). Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute is one of Russias largest research centers specialized in physics and technology. ...


He defended his Candidate of Science dissertation in physics in 1978 and his Doctor of Science dissertation in physics in 1990. Kandidat (Russian: кандидат) or Candidate of Science (кандидат наук) is a holder of first post-graduate scientific degree in former USSR since 1934 and in some post-Soviet states, awarded on dissertation (the Doctor of Science is the next higher degree). ... D.Sc. ...


In 1990-1991 together with Yuriy Kovalchuk (another deputy director) and Vladimir Yakunin (head of the foreign relations department of the institute) he tried to create a commercial enterprise within the institute that would be engaged in the application of scientific achievements. These plans, however, were opposed by Zhores Alfyorov, director, so that Fursenko, Kovalchuk and Yakunin left their positions in the institute. Yury Valentinovich Kovalchuk (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Ковальчук, born July 25, 1951, Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian businessman. ... Vladimir Yakunin Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Якунин; born June 30, 1948 in Vladimir region), is a Russian official, head of state-run Russian Railways company. ... Scientist, born 1930 in Belarus. ...


Outside the insititute in St. Petersburg they founded several companies specializing in science application.


In 1991-1992 Fursenko was a vice-president of the R&D company Advanced Technology Center Ltd. headed by Yuriy Kovalchuk.


Since 1992 - November 2001 he was the Director General of the St. Petersburg Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development attached to the electronic factory OJSC Svetlana. RFSED was founded by the Russia bank, JSC "Fund for Regional Development, OJSC Svetlana, City Property Committee of St. Petersburg and three more enterprises. The Russia Bank (Bank Rossiya, in Russian: Акционерный коммерческий банк Россия, АКБ Россия) is a Russian joint stock bank founded on June 27, 1990. ...


In 1993 Andrei Fursenko got acquainted with Vladimir Putin who worked in the Office of the Mayor of St. Petersburg as the head of the Committee for External Relations and had registered some of his companies. [1] Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ...


Since the early 90s, Andrei Fursenko owns a dacha in Solovyovka, Priozersky district of the Leningrad region, which is located on the eastern shore of the Komsomol'skoye lake on the Karelian Isthmus near St. Petersburg. His neighbours there are Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, his brother Sergey Fursenko, Yuriy Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, Vladimir Smirnov and Nikolay Shamalov. On November 10, 1996, together they instituted the co-operative society Ozero (the Lake) which united their properties. [2][3] Dacha of Boris Pasternak in Peredelkino. ... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... The Karelian Isthmus is the narrow stretch of land between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ... Vladimir Yakunin Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Якунин; born June 30, 1948 in Vladimir region), is a Russian official, head of state-run Russian Railways company. ... Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko (Russian: Сергей Александрович Фурсенко) (born in 1954 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian businessman. ... Yury Valentinovich Kovalchuk (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Ковальчук, born July 25, 1951, Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian businessman. ... Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov (in Russian: Владимир Алексеевич Смирнов, b. ... Ozero (in Russian: Озеро, meaning the lake) is a co-operative society instituted on November 10, 1996 by Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yuriy Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, Vladimir Smirnov and Nikolay Shamalov. ...


In May 1994 - September 1995 he was CEO of Russian-German Joint venture Investment Consulting Company St. Petersburg (ICC).


In 1995 Andrei Fursenko became a member of the pro-government Our Home Is Russia party. Our Home is Russia (Наш Дом Россия, Nash Dom Rossiya), abbreviated as NDR, was a Russian political party between 1995 and early 2000. ...


In September 2000 - 2001 he was a Philippines consul in St. Petersburg, A.H.


Since October 2000 he is the Chairman of the Academic Council of the Foundation "Centre for Strategic Research North-West" (CEO Yuriy Kovalchuk).


December 2001 – November 2003: Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation November 2003 - March 2004: Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation


He was appointed Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2004. is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Andrei Fursenko refuses to prevent compulsory teaching of religious subjects at school: [4][5][6]


Andrei Fursenko is married and has a son named Alexander.


He is fluent in English.


See also

Ozero Ozero (in Russian: Озеро, meaning the lake) is a co-operative society instituted on November 10, 1996 by Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yuriy Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, Vladimir Smirnov and Nikolay Shamalov. ...


Sergey Fursenko Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko (Russian: Сергей Александрович Фурсенко) (born in 1954 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian businessman. ...


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Preceded by
Ilya Klebanov
Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation
November 2, 2003-March 2004
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Vladimir Filippov
Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
March 9, 2004 – present
Incumbent


 
 

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