Oleg Savelyev

Russian politician
Oleg Genrikhovich Savelyev

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.[1][2]

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[3]

Biography

Oleg Savelyev was born 27 October 1965 in Leningrad.

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" Party during the elections to the State Duma. 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.

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. [4]

In June 2014, he was placed on a US sanctions list.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Министерство по делам Крыма возглавит Олег Савельев". Российская газета. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. ^ "Олег Савельев назначен главой Министерства по делам Крыма - АН-онлайн". argumenti.ru. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  3. ^ "О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим". Decree No. 194 of 2 May 2017 (in Russian). President of Russia.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Ukraine-related Sanctions; Publication of Executive Order 13662 Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-24.