Igor Yevgenyevich Mintusov (; born 17 August 1958) is a Russian political consultant, public relations manager and professional manager of

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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

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(1997),

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(2002, 2003, 2007),

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(2004, 2008), USA congressional elections in

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and

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(1998), parliamentary elections in

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(1998),

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(2002), presidential elections in

(2001, 2005),

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(2001),

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(2002). During the Russian presidential election in 1996 he was a personal

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to the then

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Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...

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

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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 laws ...

. Mintusov served as advisor on the ''

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'' merger.

Personal life

Igor married to Russian journalist and TV presenter

Elena Khanga Yelena Abdulayevna Khanga (; born 1 May 1962), also known as Elena Hanga, is a Russian journalist, television personality, and writer, who is best known for hosting the Russian television programs ''Pro eto'' (1997–2000) and ''Printsip domino' ...

(born in 1962).

Education

* 1980 — graduated from the Economic department of

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 ...

* 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. It united the country's leading scientists and was subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (u ...

, 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

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and

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(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 ( , ; , ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River. Saratov had a population of 901,361, making it the List of cities and tow ...

Samara Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 ...

, and

Tver Tver (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers. Tver is located northwest of Moscow. Population: The city is ...

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