Igor Yevgenievich Mintusov (russian: Игорь Евгеньевич Минтусов; born 17 August 1958) is a Russian political consultant, public relations manager and professional manager of

election campaign A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, by which representatives are chosen or referend ...

s. Mintusov is Chairman of the Board of directors of '' Niccolo M'', a public relations company which he established in 1992 with business partner Yekaterina Yegorova-Gantman. Throughout twenty years of work, Mintusov has supervised over one hundred Russian and foreign election campaigns. He took a part in the preparation for the Russian parliamentary elections in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 and the presidential elections in 1991, 1996, 2000 and 2004. He has worked in parliamentary elections in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

(1997),

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

(2002, 2003, 2007),

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

(2004, 2008), USA congressional elections in

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and

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

(1998), parliamentary elections in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

(1998),

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

(2002), presidential elections in

(2001, 2005),

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

(2001),

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

(2002). During the Russian presidential election in 1996 he was a personal image consultant to the then

President of the Russian Federation The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

. Mintusov was the first in Russia to use applied qualitative sociological methods in

marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

and

political studies Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. Mintusov served as advisor on the ''

Fair Russia A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs incl ...

'' merger.

Personal life

Igor married to Russian journalist and TV presenter Elena Khanga (born in 1962).

Education

* 1980 — graduated from the Economic department of

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

* 1980–86 — the Central economic-mathematical institute of the

USSR Academy of sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

, researcher. * 1986–88 — Institute of economy and forecasting of scientific and technical progress of the USSR, researcher. * 1988–89 — Scientific-research centre of the Soviet sociological association, research fellow. * 1989 — chairman of the Board of directors of the Centre of Political Consulting "Niccolo M" (the name of the "Niccolo M" was registered in 1992.)

Publications

Books

* ''Political Consulting'' (2002), co-edited with Yekaterina Yegorova-Gantman * ''Crime without Punishment'' (2008), about falsifications during the elections of deputies of the State Duma in 2007 and presidential elections of the Russian Federation in 2008.

Articles

* Byzov, L., L. Gordon, I. Mintusov (1991), ''Soviet Sociology 30: Reflections of Socialists on the Political Reforms'', pp. 29–30

Non-political projects

Support to the campaign the Central Bank of the Russian federation on the ruble denomination (1998), the settlement of the conflict of the French bank

Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte ( en, The green bank) due to its historical ties to farming, is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is France's second lar ...

and National reserve bank (2003), promotion of the Bulgarian company "BRK cosmetics", promotion of the image of the Republic of Cyprus, development of concepts for promoting the brand of the

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

, and

Tver Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...

regions etc.

Membership of associations

A member of the: * RAPC (Russian Association of Political Consultants) — President * RASO (Russian public relations association) Vice-president of GR, honorary member, a member of the Supreme expert council * IABC Member of the strategic board of IABC-Russia :: Member of the jury of IABC's biggest international competition on public relations of Gold Quill Awards * EAPC (European Association of Political Consultants) * ESOMAR (European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research — the European association of public opinion and marketing research) * WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research — the World association of public opinion research) * IPRA (International Public Relations Association, the International public relations association(ipra) * PRSA (Public Relations Society of America — the American association of public relations) * YPO (Young Presidents Organization — International organization of young leaders) * Member of the board of Trustees of the National award in the field of public relations Silver Archer * Expert and member of the Board of directors MSPS (The Moscow school of political studies) * The Chairman of the State certifying commission of the Institute of reputation technologies Art-image * AAPC American Association of Political Consultants

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mintusov, Igor 1958 births Living people People from Kirovsky District, Kaluga Oblast Moscow State University alumni Russian political consultants Russian political scientists Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Academic staff of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics