Oleg Nikolayevich Soskovets (; born May 11, 1949) is a Soviet and Russian politician.

Early life and career

He was born in Taldy-Kurgan in the

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. From 1971 to 1973, the Soskovets held the position of Roller at Rolling Shop No. 2. Following that, from 1973 to 1976, he served as the Master and Head of the Department of Rolling at the same shop. From 1976 to 1981, he took on the role of Deputy Head and subsequently became the Head of Rolling Shop No. 2. In the period between 1981 and 1984, he assumed the position of Head of Rolling Shop No. 1. Their responsibilities shifted in 1984 to become the Chief Engineer of the entire plant, a role he held until 1987. During 1987 to 1988, he took on the position of Director of the Plant, followed by their appointment as the General Director of the plant from 1988 to 1991. From 1989-1991, he was elected People's deputy of the USSR for

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. On April 10, 1991, he was appointed Minister of Metallurgy, a position he held into November.

Deputy Prime Minister

From April 30, 1993, to June 20, 1996, the individual served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Government (Deputy Prime Minister) of the Russian Federation. Soskovets was amongst those accompanying

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during the 1994 diplomatic incident at Shannon Airport. He also welcomed

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during her historic state visit to Russia in 1994. He was originally the head of Boris Yeltsin's 1996 reelection campaign, devising its original strategy, but the strategy was ultimately abandoned and Soskovets was dismissed from his role as campaign chairman. Soskovets was regarded as the "official protector" of the

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which controlled Russian aluminium industry. Soskovets was dismissed from Yeltsin's administration soon after the Xerox Affair.

Post-government

Since 2011, he has been Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Engineering and the president of the Russian Union of Manufacturers.

Personal life

He has a daughter, Natalia, and a son, Alexei. Soskovets is the father-in-law of

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Awards

* Order of Honor (April 29, 2019) *

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(December 26, 2009) *

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* Order of the Leopard, 2nd Class (Kazakhstan) * Jubilee Medal "25 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2017)

References

External links

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