Alexander Valentinovich Novak (russian: Александр Валентинович Новак; born 23 August 1971) is a Russian politician who is the current

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia A Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (russian: Заместитель председателя Правительства Российской Федерации) is a member of the Government of Russia. The post is com ...

since November 2020. Previously, he was the Minister of Energy of Russia between 2012 and 2020, before being replaced in November 2020 by the general director of

RusHydro RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, russian: РусГидро) is a Russian hydroelectricity company. As of early 2012 it had a capacity of 34.9 gigawatts. In late 2009, it was the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer and is ...

Nikolay Shulginov Nikolay Grigoryevich Shulginov (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Шульгинов; born 18 May 1951) is a Russian statesman who is currently the Minister of Energy as of 20 November 2020. He was the chairman of the board of mana ...

Career

In 1993, he graduated from

Norilsk Industrial Institute Norilsk ( rus, Нори́льск, p=nɐˈrʲilʲsk, ''Norílʹsk'') is a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norilsk i ...

as a specialist on Economy and Management in

Metallurgy Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...

. Between 1993 and 1997, he was Head of the Financial Bureau of the Accounting Department of the Norilsk Mining and Smelting Complex. In 1997 to 1999, he headed the tax planning department of the complex.

Entry into local and regional politics (2000-2008)

From 2000 to 2002, he was Norilsk Deputy Mayor for economics and finance, Norilsk's first Deputy Mayor. Between 2002 and 2007, he was head of the Main Finance Management of the Krasnoyarsk Krai Administration, Deputy Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Krai and Head of the Main Finance Authority of the Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Federal civil servant (2008-2012)

From September 2008 to May 2012, he was Deputy

Finance Minister of the Russian Federation The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство финансов Российской Федерации), also known as ''MinFin'' (Минфин России), is a Ministry (government department), ministry ...

Federal politician (2012-present)

In May 2012, he was appointed as the Energy Minister in

Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet may refer to: * Dmitry Medvedev's First Cabinet, the Russian government led by Dmitry Medvedev from 2012 to 2018 * Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet was the composition of the Russian ...

. On 15 January 2020, Medvedev resigned his cabinet after President Vladimir Putin delivered the

Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly The annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly (russian: Послание Президента России Федеральному собранию) is a speech given by the Russian President to outline the state and condition in which ...

, in which the latter proposed several amendments to the constitution. On 21 January 2020, he obtained the position Energy Minister in Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet. On 10 November 2020, Mishustin exchanged his Energy Ministry post for the Deputy Prime Minister for the Fuel–Energy Complex. Novak was a keynote speaker at the 2022 Russian Energy Week forum, which was held in Moscow from 12-14 October.

Personal life

On 18 August 2020, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that Novak tested positive for COVID-19.

Awards, honours and directorships

In 2004, he was distinguished by the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. In 2006, he was rewarded with the medal "For Distinguished Service in Organizing the All-Russia Agricultural Census 2006" of the

Russian Federal Statistics Service The Federal State Statistics Service (russian: Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Росстат), ''Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoi statistiki (Rosstat)'') is the governmental statistics ...

. Since July 2010, he has been a member of United Aircraft Corporation

Board of Directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Novak, Alexander 1971 births People from Avdiivka Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Energy ministers of Russia United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Living people Moscow State University alumni Deputy heads of government of the Russian Federation People from Norilsk