Oleg Genrikhovich Savelyev (Russian: Олег Генрихович Савельев, born 27 October 1965) is a Russian politician. He served as Minister for Crimean Affairs (31 March 2014 – 15 June 2015) and as Deputy Minister of Economic Development (2008–2014) of the Government of the Russian Federation. He has the federal state civilian service rank of

1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...

Biography

Oleg Savelyev was born 27 October 1965 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 ...

. In 1988 he graduated from the radiophysics faculty of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. In 1995 he worked as the head of the Centre for Electoral Technologies in the pre-election headquarters of the "

Our Home – Russia Our Home – Russia (NDR; russian: Наш дом – Россия; НДР; ''Nash dom – Rossiya'', ''NDR'') was a Russian political party that existed from 1995 to the mid-2000s. History Our Home – Russia was founded in 1995 by then Russian P ...

" Party during the elections to the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

. In 1996, during the presidential election campaign, he served as the head PR strategist in the campaign. In 1998, he was the manager of Alexander Lebedya's campaign in the elections for Governor of

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...

. From 31 March 2014 until 15 June 2015, he was the Minister for Crimean Affairs.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

. In June 2014, he was placed on a US sanctions list.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Savelyev, Oleg Living people Politicians from Saint Petersburg 1965 births Government ministers of Russia 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Our Home – Russia politicians 20th-century Russian politicians Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions Russian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions