Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov (; born March 14, 1963) is a Russian lawyer, businessman and official. 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 ...

Career

On April 28, 1995 he was elected deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Baltic Sea Steamship Company. On October 2, 1995 as the Chairman Ivan Lushchinsky had been shot dead, Krotov became the chairman of its board of directors and held this position until summer 1996. In 2005 he was a first deputy director general of the

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holding. Since November 7, 2005 he has been President

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's envoy to the

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. He was succeeded by former

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Aleksandr Konovalov in January 2020. In July 2020 Krotov was appointed judge of the Supreme Court by the

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. He is a member of the Judicial Chamber for Civil Cases. Since 2007 he has been working at the

Higher School of Economics HSE University (), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics () is a public research university founded in 1992 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Along with its main campus located in the capital, the university ...

. He is a professor of the Department of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law. Mikhail is the author of more than 35 scientific publications on civil and maritime law. He wrote comments on the

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and Labor Codes of the Russian Federation.

Awards and honours

* 2018 –

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* 2012 –

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at ...

* 2010 – Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation * 2001 – Award winner of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2001 * 2007 – Award winner of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2007 * 2008 – Order of HonourУказ Президента РФ от 06.03.2008 № 322 * 1999 – A.F. Koni Medal of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation * Honorary worker of higher professional education

Family

Mikhail Krotov is married. He has two sons.

References

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