| Sergei Shmatko | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Energy | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Vladimir Putin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1966 Stavropol, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Political party | United Russia |
Sergei Ivanovich Shmatkó (born September 26, 1966) is a Russian businessman and politician specializing in the energy industry. Since May 2008, he is the Minister of Energy.[1]
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Shmatko was born in Stavropol (South-West of Russia). He earned degrees from both Urals State University in Yekaterinburg (USSR), and the University of Marburg in West Germany.[1]
His business career from 1992 involved stints consulting in Germany and Russia, and working at the All-Russia Bank of Regional Development. He was appointed head of economic strategy at Rosenergoatom in 1997, and in 2005 became president of Russia's nuclear-power export monopoly, Atomstroyexport.[1]
In May 2008, he was appointed to the newly established position of Minister of Energy, in the incoming administration of President Dmitry Medvedev.[1]