Tatiana Alexeyevna Golikova (Russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Голикова; born 9 February 1966) is a Russian politician and economist who serves as the
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
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for Social Policy, Labour, Health Care, and Pension Provision since 2018.
From 2007 to 2012, she served as the
Minister of Health and Social Development and Chairwoman of the
Account Chamber of Russia from 2013 to 2018.
She has the federal state civilian service rank of
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation
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.
Early life and education
Golikova was born on 9 February 1966 in
Mytishchi
Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow o ...
,
Russian SFSR
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.
She graduated from the
Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy with a specialization in
labour economics
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in 1987.
Career
Golikova was an economist in the State Budget Department at the
Finance Ministry
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A ministry of finance's portfolio ...
from 1990 to 1992. She moved on to hold the post of Chief Economist in the State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1992 to 1995 and was then Deputy Head of State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1995 to 1998. From April to August 1998, she held the post of Head of State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry, before becoming Head of the Budget Policy Department from August 1998 to July 1999. She was deputy Finance Minister from July 1999 to 2002 and First Deputy Finance Minister from 2002 to 2004. She was a Deputy Finance Minister from 2004 to September 2007.
Minister
Golikova was appointed Minister of Health and Social Development in September 2007, at the request of
Vladimir Putin
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. She had the additional responsibility of Deputy Chair of the Federal Antinarcotics Service (FSKN). In 2012 she resigned from office.
Deputy prime minister
On 18 May 2018, Golikova was appointed deputy prime minister in
Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet
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The Cabinet resigned on 15 January 2020, in re ...
. On 21 January 2020, she maintained her position in
Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet may refer to:
* Mikhail Mishustin's First Cabinet, the Russian government led by Mikhail Mishustin from 2020 to 2024
* Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet
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. She was appointed the head of the Emergency Response Centre on preventing the import and spread of the
Coronavirus
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in Russia later the same month.
Sanctions
In December 2022 the European Union sanctioned Golikova in relation to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
Personal life
Golikova is married to
Viktor Khristenko
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, the former Minister of Industry and Trade. They married in 2003. She has earned the nickname "Miss Budget".
Awards and honours
Russia:
*
"For Services to the Fatherland" in the 2nd Degree (2001).
*
"For Services to the Fatherland" in the 1st Degree (2004)
*
Order of Honour (2006)
*
Order of Friendship
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(2006).
Corruption allegations
Golikova has been widely accused of corruption by several Russian media outlets, mainly for her alleged connections to the
Pharmstandard, which is a producer of the heavily-hyped drug
Arbidol. After these allegations she was nicknamed "Madam Arbidol".
In 2022, the
Anti-Corruption Foundation
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released an investigation claiming that Golikova, her husband and stepson owned an airplane; golf clubs in
Spain
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and Russia; real estate in Spain,
Portugal
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,
French Riviera
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and Russia.
References
External links
Russia Profile's Golikova Biography
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1966 births
Living people
People from Mytishchi
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics alumni
Government ministers of Russia
Russian women economists
Women government ministers of Russia
Deputy heads of government of the Russian Federation
20th-century Russian economists
21st-century Russian economists
21st-century Russian women politicians
1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Aides to the president of Russia