Nikolay Grigoryevich Shulginov (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Шульгинов; born 18 May 1951) is a Russian statesman who is currently the

Minister of Energy An energy minister is a position in many governments responsible for energy production and regulation, developing governmental energy policy, scientific research, and natural resources conservation. In some countries, environmental responsibilities ...

as of 20 November 2020. He was the chairman of the board of management and a General Director of PJSC RusHydro from 15 September 2015 to 10 November 2020. According to '' Kommersant'', Shulginov entered the top 10 Russian entrepreneurs and top managers in terms of the number of publications in the media in a positive tone at the end of 2020.

Biography

Nikolay Shulginov was born on 18 May 1951 in the village of ,

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. In 1973, he graduated from the Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute in

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...

with a degree in Power Supply to Industrial Enterprises and Cities. From 1976 to 1998, he worked at Stavropolenergo in the city of Pyatigorsk, where he held positions from engineer to head of the Central Dispatch Service. Since 1998, he worked as Deputy Director at the branch of RAO UES of Russia - the United Dispatch Administration of the North Caucasus in Pyatigorsk. In 2002, Shulginov was invited to Moscow as a member of the Management Board, Director for Technical Audit of OJSC System Operator - UES Central Dispatch Office. In 2004 he became Deputy Chairman, and in 2009, he was promoted to First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of System Operator. On 15 September 2015, by the decision of the Board of Directors of PJSC RusHydro, Shulginov was elected for a five-year term as Chairman of the Management Board - General Director of RusHydro, replacing

Evgeny Dod Evgeny Vyacheslavovich Dod (russian: Евгений Вячеславович Дод, born April 17, 1973, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian manager and economist. He is CEO of JSC RusHydro (November 2009 - September 2015). Early life Dod was born in ...

in this position. Commenting on his appointment, Shulginov called his main task at RusHydro "putting things in order in all areas of the company's activities." He was a member of the Board of Directors of PJSC Rosseti, elected on 30 June 2016. Shulginov is a candidate of Technical Sciences, and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Research University "MPEI". On 9 November 2020, Shulginov was announced as a candidate for the post of Minister of Energy by Mikhail Mishustin. On 10 November, he was appointed the Minister of Energy.

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