Boris Georgiyevich Saltykov (russian: Борис Георгиевич Салтыков; born 27 December 1940) is a
Russian
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politician and engineer. He held several cabinet portfolios in the
government of Russia
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during the 1990s, including Minister of Science and Technology, and
.
Government service
After the collapse of the
Soviet Union
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, Boris Saltykov was appointed as both the Minister of Science and Technology, as well as
Deputy Prime Minister
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for education, in 1992. Although he would be demoted from that latter post in 1993, he held the former office until 1996. During this time Saltykov was regarded as being a key member of
Yegor Gaidar
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Его́р Тиму́рович Гайда́р; ; 19 March 1956 – 16 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian economist, politician, and author, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Russia from 15 Jun ...
's reform team. He acknowledged at one point that the Russian middle class was being decimated by the government's economic policies. Although
Prime Minister
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Viktor Chernomyrdin
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин, ; 9 April 19383 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Unio ...
initially retained most of Gaidar's original team, it ended up disintegrating by March 1993, with Saltykov stepping down from the deputy premiership that month.
In March 1996, in his capacity as science and technology minister, Saltykov visited a conference with
NATO
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discussing increased scientific cooperation between Russia and the bloc. Other concerns he addressed included property rights of Russian scientists.
He was dismissed as science minister in August 1996, at which point the ministry was downgraded to a state committee. It was revived in 1997, however, with
Vladimir Fortov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Fortov (russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Фортов; 23 January 1946 – 29 November 2020) was a Russian physicist and politician who served as director of the Joint Institute for High Temperatures (1992– ...
appointed to the post in Saltykov's place—a candidate that Saltykov supported for the position.
As of 2004, Saltykov is one of the trustees of
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (russian: link=no, Михаил Борисович Ходорковский, ; born 26 June 1963), sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman and opposition activist, now residing in L ...
's foundation in the
United Kingdom
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.
[Gill, Joe (24 November 2004)]
Jailed oligarch sets up trust in UK
'' Third Sector''. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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1940 births
20th-century Russian politicians
Deputy heads of government of the Russian Federation
Living people
Economists from Moscow
Russian educators
Russian engineers
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni
First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics