Maksim Yurevich Sokolov ( rus, Максим Юрьевич Соколов, r=Maksim Yurevich Sokolov; born 29 September 1968) is a Russian economist and politician who was the Minister for Transportation, from 21 May 2012 to 7 May 2018.

Biography

Early life

Sokolov was born on September 29, 1969, in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. He served in the army from 1987 to 1989. In 1991, he graduated with honors from St. Petersburg State University with a degree in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

Career

Between 1991 and 1993, Sokolov worked as a lecturer in the department of economics at St. Petersburg State University. In 2008 he defended his doctoral thesis in economics. According to examination made by

Dissernet Dissernet (russian: Диссернет) is a volunteer community network working to clean Russian science of plagiarism. The core activity of the community is conducting examinations of doctoral and habilitation (higher doctorate) theses defended ...

, this doctoral thesis contains gross undocumented plagiarism from two other doctoral theses. In 2011, Sokolov became professor and chair of the department of the Higher Management School of

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

Business

In 1992, he became Chairman of the "Rossi" Company. In 1999 and 2004 he became Chairman of "Corporation S", a company that builds elite homes in St Petersburg.http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/maxim_sokolov/459629.html

Political career

In 2004, he began working in the Administration of Saint Petersburg as Head of Committee for Strategic Projects of the Municipal government. In 2009, he was a member of the municipal government, as Chairman of Committee for Economic Development, Industrial policy and Trade. In 2009, he moved to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and on December 4 of the same year he became the Director of Department for Industry and Infrastructures of the Government of Russia. In May 2012, he was appointed as Minister of Transportation by Dmitry Medvedev.

Personal life

He is married and has three sons.

Honours and awards

* Medal of the Order "For Merit" 2nd class

References

Russian economists 1968 births Living people Government ministers of Russia Politicians from Saint Petersburg {{Russia-politician-stub