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Russian businessman and politician (1966–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sergei Ivanovich Shmatko (Russian: Сергей Иванович Шматко, 26 September 1966 – 7 November 2021) was a Russian businessman and politician specializing in the energy industry.
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Sergei Shmatko | |
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Сергей Шматко | |
![]() Shmatko in 2011 | |
Minister of Energy | |
In office May 2008 – May 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Putin |
Succeeded by | Alexander Novak |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 September 1966 Stavropol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
Died | 7 November 2021 55) Moscow, Russia | (aged
Political party | United Russia |
He was Russia's Minister of Energy[1] from May 2008 until May 2012.
Shmatko was born in Stavropol (South-West of Russia). He earned degrees from both Urals State University in Yekaterinburg (USSR) and the University of Marburg in West Germany.[1]
Shmatko's business career from 1992 involved stints consulting in Germany and Russia, and working at the All-Russia Bank of Regional Development. He was appointed head of economic strategy at Rosenergoatom in 1997 and in 2005 became president of Russia's nuclear-power export monopoly, Atomstroyexport.[1]
Shmatko was appointed to the newly established position of Minister of Energy in May 2008, during the incoming administration of President Dmitry Medvedev.[1]
He died from COVID-19 on 7 November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[2]
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