Dmitry Viktorovich Livanov (russian: Дми́трий Ви́кторович Лива́нов, born February 15, 1967 in

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) is a Russian Doctor of Physics,

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, former

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Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys The National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) (russian: Национальный исследовательский технологический университет МИСиС) is a public technological university in the field ...

, and the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (2012-2016). In 1990, he graduated with honors from the Physical Chemistry Department of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. In 1990-1992, he studied at the postgraduate in same institute, where he defended his

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for the degree of Candidate of Physico-Mathematical Sciences on "Heat transfer interacting electrons in superconductors and normal metals". In 1992-2000, he worked in that institute as

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and senior

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, Laboratory synthesis,

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at the Department of

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. In 2004-2005, he became director of the scientific-technical and innovation department of the Ministry of Education and Science. In 2005-2007, he was promoted to Deputy Minister of Education and Science. In 2007, he became rector of the

and additional President of the

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. He held this position till 21 May 2012, when he was appointed to the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet. In 2013 he signed the reform tha tincorporated the

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and the Russian Academy of Agriculture Sciences into the

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(RAS), subordinating it to the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations (FASO), a government-controlled entity which realized a takeover of the RAS assets. On 19 August 2016 was replaced in the government with Olga Yurievna Vasilyeva and appointed special representative of the president on trade and economic relations with

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. On 26 August 2016 the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported that it did not have had any contact with Livanov.Ukraine's trade ministry won't interact with Russian envoy except on lifting restrictions

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(26 August 2016)

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