Igor Anatolyevich Komarov (born 25 May 1964) is a Russian politician,

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, financier and manager. He has served as Plenipotentiary Envoy of the

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to the

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since 18 September 2018 (acting from 7 September to 18 September). In this position, he is a member of the

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. In March 2014, he was appointed the head of the

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(ORKK). Komarov served as

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between January 2015 and May 2018. He has the federal state civilian service rank of

1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 70px, Shoulder's rank 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation () is the highest federal state civilian service rank of Russia. The rank of the 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation was first introduced ...

. After the start of the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

he was placed under sanctions in 2022 by the UK, US and other governments.

Biography

Komarov was born in Engels, Saratov Oblast in 1964 and graduated from the

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

with a specialty "economist". From 1992 to 2002, he worked in credit and financial institutions in executive positions ( Inkombank, National Reserve Bank, Sberbank). From 2002 to 2008, he was Deputy General Director of Norilsk Nickel for Economics and Finance. Since October 2008, he held the position of Adviser to the General Director of the State Corporation " Rostekhnologii", in May 2009 was appointed Executive Vice President of AVTOVAZ, and on August 28, 2009 - appointed President of this company.Игорь Комаров: три года у руля АВТОВАЗа
// Журнал « За рулём» On October 1, 2009, Igor Komarov was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of GM-AVTOVAZ. On October 16, 2013, Igor Komarov announced his resignation as president of AVTOVAZ. Formally, his departure from the post of president of the car concern, he justified the transition to a new job, the president of the United Space Rocket Corporation. During his time as President of AvtoVAZ, from 2009 to 2013, Igor Komarov and his team carried out reforms to radically reorganize the car factory. On October 23, 2013, by the order of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation DA Medvedev was appointed deputy head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). In March 2014, the government appointed the head of the

. On January 21, 2015, he headed the Roscosmos State Corporation. On May 24, 2018, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the General Director of Roscosmos State Corporation was dismissed from office. From July 11 to September 7, 2018 - Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Property and income

According to his tax return for 2018, he has the highest income among employees of the Administration of the President of Russia - 657 million rubles. His wife's income is two million rubles. He owns seven land plots with a total area of almost 20 thousand square meters. According to an investigation by Important Stories, Komarov's daughter Maria owns an apartment in

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, London - worth about 4.2 million pounds sterling . Near this apartment are apartments worth 8.3 million pounds sterling, owned by the offshore company Wastom Holdings of the

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, which was founded by Igor Komarov.

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War. On 6 April 2022, the

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of the

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added Komarov to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to .

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Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
" Published 2022-0418. He is also under personal international sanctions from Canada, Australia, Ukraine, and New Zealand. In 2007 he purchased a five story red brick townhouse on Herbert Crescent in central London for over $16.5 million through a

-based shell company. Komarov is now listed as the beneficial owner of the shell company and the deed of the house now contains a warning restricting the sale of the property.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Komarov, Igor 1964 births Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Moscow State University alumni Russian industrialists People from Engels, Saratov Oblast Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions Russian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions