Sergey Mikhaylovich Ignatyev (russian: Серге́й Михайлович Игнатьев; born January 10, 1948 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 ...

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) is a

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economist, banker, and official. Since 2013 to 2022 - Advisor to the Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Since 2002 to 2013 - Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Since 1997 to 2002 - First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, from 1993 to 1996 - Deputy Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation. Since 1992 to 1993 - Deputy Chairman of the

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, from 1991 to 1992 - Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of the

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. 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 ...

First Deputy Finance Minister of Russia

From September 13, 1996, to April 5, 1997, he was an aide to President

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

for economy. From April 1997 – March 2002, he worked as a First Deputy Finance Minister of Russia.

Chairman of Central Bank of Russia

From March 20, 2002, to June 24, 2013 he was the Chairman of the

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and was replaced by

Elvira Nabiullina Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina (russian: Эльвира Сахипзадовна Набиуллина; tt, Эльвира Сәхипзадә кызы Нәбиуллина, Elvira Säkhipzadä Kyzy Näbiullina; ba, Эльвира Сәхипз ...

. His deputy in charge of bank supervision,

Andrei Kozlov Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/ Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...

was shot dead on 14 September 2006 after he revealed an enormous illegal money laundering scheme. Kozlov was replaced by Gennady Melikyan as deputy governor of the central bank in charge of bank supervision but resigned in September 2011.

2012 illegal money laundering in Russia

On 20 February 2013, Ignatyev stated that $49 billion associated with illegal one day networks of shell companies, which were controlled by one group of people, with capital outflows from Russia, which were equivalent to 2.5% of Russia's gross domestic product (GDP), had occurred during 2012.

Sberbank

In February 2022, Sergey Ignatyev left the supervisory board of

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References

External links

* http://cbr.ru/eng/today/directors_board/print.asp?file=ignatiev.htm - S. Ignatiev's Biography 1948 births Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Presidents of the Central Bank of Russia Russian bankers Russian politicians {{Russia-business-bio-stub