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Maxim Alekseevich Akimov- Russian statesman, since May 18, 2018 - Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. Maxim Akimov’s responsibilities include overseeing issues of transport, communications and the digital economy. From 2007 to 2012, Maxim Alekseevich served as First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation. Akimov also worked as deputy governor of the Kaluga region. From 2004 to 2007, Maxim Akimov was the mayor of Kaluga. Maxim Alekseevich is an active state adviser of the Russian Federation, 1st class (since 2016).

Education of Maxim Akimov

After school, Maxim Akimov entered the Kaluga State Pedagogical University named after. K.E. Tsiolkovsky, who graduated with honors in 1993. While studying in his final years at the university, in 1991 Maxim worked as a teacher of history, geography, and English in the city of Maloyaroslavets.

Maxim Alekseevich served in the ranks of the Soviet Army.

Career of Maxim Akimov

Two years after graduating from university, Maxim Akimov continued working as a teacher in a secondary school.

In 1994-1996, Maxim Alekseevich became the head of the Fainart-audit company. In 1996-1997, Maxim Akimov headed the securities market commission of the Kaluga region.

Maxim Akimov moved up the career ladder successfully. From Akimov’s biography it is known that from 1997 to 2001 Maxim Alekseevich worked as deputy director of the department of economics and industry of the government of the Kaluga region, then until 2004 he served as first deputy chairman of the region’s state property committee. In 2004, Maxim Alekseevich Akimov became the Minister of Economic Development of the Kaluga Region.

In May 2004, Maxim Akimov went to work at the Kaluga City Government as first deputy mayor. After the resignation of the Kaluga mayor Valeria Ivanova in August 2004, Maxim Alekseevich took his place as acting. On November 14, 2004, Maxim Akimov was elected mayor of Kaluga, gaining 34.63% of the votes.

Local media noted that Akimov’s nomination took place at the suggestion of the governor of the Kaluga region Anatoly Artamonov.

From July 2007 to May 2012, Maxim Akimov was deputy governor of Artamonov. In this position, Maxim Alekseevich supervised the regional ministries of economic development, finance, competition policy and tariffs, and was responsible for the formation and implementation of economic, financial, budgetary and investment policies of the Kaluga region.

On May 22, 2012, Maxim Alekseevich Akimov became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation, and in 2013, by decree Dmitry Medvedev he was appointed first deputy chief of staff.

On June 30, 2016, Maxim Akimov became a member of the Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects under the President of the Russian Federation.

After suspension Alexey Ulyukaev from the post of Minister of Economic Development of Russia on November 15, 2016, information appeared in the media that Maxim Akimov is one of the contenders for the vacant post of minister (along with Ksenia Yudaeva And Andrey Belousov), but this news was not confirmed.

On May 10, 2018 it became known that the first deputy head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Maxim Akimov, in the new government with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister, would be responsible for the digitalization of the economy along with communications issues. His candidacy was proposed by head of government Dmitry Medvedev.

On May 18, 2018, Maxim Akimov was approved as Deputy Prime Minister of the government. In the new government, Maxim Alekseevich oversees the implementation of the national program “Digital Economy” and the national project to create safe and high-quality roads. His powers also include the digitalization of public administration, including the provision of public services. Akimov is responsible for issues of transport, communications, innovation, issues related to real estate and intellectual property, it was reported in the news.

“The digital economy is not only, and not so much about the economy. First of all, this is a transformation of all spheres of life - healthcare, our daily practices, culture, gaming. Anything: the process of shopping, the process of moving goods, cargo, people, processes of relationships between them, including those based on social networks,” Maxim Akimov said in an interview about his new position in the government.

On the sidelines of SPIEF 2018, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Maxim Akimov allowed an increase in funding for projects of the Ministry of Digital Development compared to funding for the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications.

“The budget will follow the powers and new goals,” said Maxim Akimov, noting that one of the main tasks of the ministry will be the correlation of the tasks of the digital economy development program with the budget of the Russian Federation.

On May 29, Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov, Vitaly Mutko And Konstantin Chuychenko joined the new supervisory board of VEB.

The biography of Maxim Akimov on the TASS website says that he is on the board of directors of the joint stock company Innopolis Special Economic Zone.

Maxim Alekseevich was awarded the order Alexander Nevsky(2014), awarded with gratitude from the government of the Russian Federation (2014).

Maxim Alekseevich Akimov was the president of the Badminton Federation of the Kaluga Region.

Income of Maxim Akimov

The total amount of Maxim Akimov’s declared annual income for 2015 was 8 million 715 thousand rubles; his wife, according to the declaration, had no income.

Akimov’s income for 2016 amounted to 8 million 844 thousand rubles, that of Maxim Alekseevich’s wife - 25 thousand rubles.

Personal life of Maxim Akimov

There is little information about the personal life of Maxim Akimov. It is known that he is married and has two sons.

Akimov Maxim Alekseevich born on March 1, 1970 in the city of Maloyaroslavets, Kaluga region.

Graduated from the Faculty of History of KSPU. Tsiolkovsky. I worked as a history teacher in a high school for 2 years. He served in the ranks of the Soviet army.

In 1994-1996, he held the position of head of the Fainart-audit company. Completed professional training in the “Enterprise Value Assessment” program.

1996: Start of work in the administration of the Kaluga region

In 1996, Maxim Akimov was invited to public service. In 1996-1997 works as chairman of the regional commission for the securities market of the Kaluga region;

In 1997-2001 Deputy Director of the Department of Economics and Industry of the Kaluga Region;

In 2001-2004 First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Committee of the Kaluga Region;

In 2004, Minister of Economic Development of the Kaluga Region.

In the spring of 2004, Maxim Akimov was appointed first deputy mayor of Kaluga. After the previous mayor, Valery Ivanov, resigned voluntarily in August 2004, Maxim Akimov served as acting mayor of Kaluga.

2004: Mayor of Kaluga

2007: Deputy Governor of the Kaluga region

2012: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of Russia

2013: Deputy chairman of the commission for the implementation of IT in the State Duma

In April 2013, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order to include Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Maxim Akimov in the government commission on the implementation of information technologies in government bodies. Akimov holds the position of deputy chairman of the commission.

Until this time, the chairman of the IT commission in government agencies, Vladislav Surkov, had one deputy - Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov.

2017: Head of the subcommittee for the implementation of the Digital Economy program

In August 2017, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the creation of a Subcommittee in the Government for the implementation of the Digital Economy program. The Subcommittee was headed by First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Maxim Akimov.

2018

Appointment as Deputy Prime Minister for Digital Economy

On May 7, 2018, Dmitry Medvedev, at a meeting with the United Russia faction, announced personnel proposals for the leadership of the new government.

Maxim Akimov was appointed Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the digital economy, transport and communications, State Duma deputy Natalya Kostenko reported on her Facebook.

On the same day, President Vladimir Putin, who assumed the presidency for the fourth time, issued his first decree, in which, among other things, he outlined the priorities for Russia’s technological development until 2024. Read more.

Broad powers, including the “digital state”, Skolkovo, technology parks, electronic passports, transport and real estate registries

At the end of May, a certificate was issued on the distribution of powers between the deputy prime ministers of the new government, the Kommersant newspaper writes. According to the document, all issues of the “digital state” are transferred to the jurisdiction of Maxim Akimov, including public services and digitalization of public administration. Innovative institutes are also transferred to its block - from Skolkovo to technology parks).

At the same time, practically the first resolution of the White House in the new composition, earlier, on May 22, was a document on the transfer of the “electronic passport” project in the government from the law enforcement sphere to the sphere of public services.

Compared to the previous government structure, Maxim Akimov has broader powers. Previously, IT and communications were supervised by one Deputy Prime Minister - Arkady Dvorkovich, and government administration was supervised by another - Sergei Prikhodko. Now all these areas are concentrated in one hand.

In addition, Akimov’s powers included the entire transport industry, including roads: previously there were assumptions that they would be transferred to the “construction” Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko. In addition, Akimov will oversee real estate issues - apparently related to the cadastre and property registers, which were previously the responsibility of Igor Shuvalov.

2019

In April 2019, in accordance with government decree No. 648-r, the composition of the supervisory board of Innopolis University was changed. The updated composition includes Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Maxim Akimov, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Konstantin Noskov and Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Ilya Torosov. Nikolai Nikiforov in his

He is called the “Kaluga miracle worker”. Many people do not understand how someone who was just a simple teacher yesterday could become an official at a large administrative level. He became not just a politician, but Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Staff.

This man's name is Maxim Akimov. Read about who he is and how the biography of the current Deputy Prime Minister developed in the material of the online information publication .

Maxim Akimov: biography, family, parents

The Russian politician was born in the Kaluga region, in the small town of Maloyaroslavets in 1970. There is practically no information in open sources about his family. Only the father’s first and last name is known - Alexey Akimov. Good performance during his school years allowed Maxim to become a student at the Faculty of History at Kaluga State Pedagogical University named after Tsiolkovsky. Graduated from the university in 1993. The future official did not waste time and already from the third year he worked as a teacher of history, geography and English in one of the schools in Maloyaroslavets. His teaching career lasted from 1991 to 1995.

An interesting fact from student life is his friendship with the future Ryazan governor Nikolai Lyubimov. The young men met at the Student Spring festival, and after graduating from university they worked together in the administration of the Kaluga region.

Since 1994, he decides to go into the private sector due to the state's problems in the teaching field - non-payment of already low salaries, the consequences of the collapse of the USSR. The transition from teaching children to business occurred after taking courses in the Enterprise Valuation program in 1993. For some time, combining with employment at school, he works as the head of the Russian economic consulting company Fainart-Audit. The firm specialized in securities market analysis, and its specialists provided consulting and audit services to interested parties. In total, he worked for the company for just over two years, from 1994 to 1996.

Political successes: the creator of the “Kaluga miracle”

Having worked in a private company for 2 years, Akimov chose public service over business. Experience in securities analysis became an excellent help for climbing the career ladder “to the sky.”

His career as a politician began with work in the regional commission for the securities market under the government of the Kaluga region. Already in 1997, he managed to obtain the position of deputy director of the department of economics and industry. In the media you can read the opinions of former colleagues of the official about how they never ceased to be surprised by the fact of Maxim Alekseevich’s sharp career growth. Just “yesterday” he was a history teacher, and “today” he sits in a government chair. The old Soviet apparatchiks were confused by the passion and professionalism of their colleague - at economic meetings he constantly talked about the prospects for economic growth in the Kaluga region.

But the “conservatives” really opened their mouths in surprise when Akimov turned the region from a completely subsidized region into a leader in attracting foreign investment. From 2006 to 2018, 880 billion rubles were invested. Now the region is considered one of the most socially sustainable in Russia. Thanks to his merits, the official received the unspoken nickname “Father of the Kaluga Economic Miracle.”

Breakthrough in the Russian government

After success in the economic field in the region, his career took off.

• 2001 - the politician became first deputy chairman of the regional state property committee;
• 2004 - headed the Ministry of Economic Development of the region;
• In May 2004, the official resigned from his leadership position to the position of first deputy head of the Kaluga region;
• August of the same year became significant, as the head of the region, Valery Ivanov, resigned, and Akimov accepted the duties of the head of the subject of the Russian Federation. During his work in the regional administration, Maxim Alekseevich increased municipal budget revenues by one and a half times;
• 2007 - the politician resigned as head of the region and went back to the regional government as deputy governor of Anatoly Artamonov;
• 2011 - appointed first deputy governor;
• The end of May 2012 can be considered fateful, since the official from Kaluga was taken to Moscow, where he became deputy head of the PRF Administration. The most interesting thing is that Akimov is one of the few in the establishment who began working with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev without having previously communicated with him;
• Since June 30, 2016, he has been a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects.

After the presidential election, Maxim Akimov remained first deputy head of the RF APR Sergei Prikhodko. The Deputy Prime Minister’s tasks include overseeing the following sectors: energy, transport and communications, industrial development, agriculture, promoting the concept of “digital economy and the provision of public services,” as well as the implementation of a national project to create high-quality and safe roads. Maxim Alekseevich has state awards: the Order of Alexander Nevsky and government gratitude. Both were awarded in 2014.

Execution of Putin’s “May decrees”

In conclusion, we note that after the presidential inauguration and (see our exclusive material), Akimov actively began to fulfill his duties and, most importantly, Putin’s “May decrees”. The President made it clear that the introduction of modern digital technologies, improving the quality of life of Russians, building new roads, factories, solving demographic and medical problems are priority areas of government activity.

In July 2018, Deputy Medvedev held a working meeting on the development of the road transport industry in the Novosibirsk region, talked with the heads of institutes of the Siberian Russian Academy of Sciences, and also visited the Medical Industrial Park and Technopark of the Novosibirsk Academic Town. During conversations with politicians, tasks were set for the development of the Novosibirsk metro, the construction of roads and bridges across the Ob River, as well as the modernization of Tolmachevo Airport.

On July 17, the Deputy Prime Minister arrived in the Nizhny Novgorod region, where he held a meeting on strategically important issues of the development of the Digital Economy. The region was not chosen by chance. It is in this area that more than 700 IT companies that have proven their competitiveness in the world are concentrated, and over 20,000 programmers work. Moreover, there is high demand for new software, services and innovation in the region. Nizhny Novgorod and the region will become an experimental platform where they will implement the “smart city” system and also test developments in the development of the digital economy. The specialists were given the task of replicating already successful developments and creating innovative pilot projects.

Education and military service

The future official received his higher education at the Kaluga State Pedagogical University named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky. Successfully completed his studies at the Faculty of History of KSPU in 1994.

He managed to repay his military duty to his homeland - he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army.

Labor activity

While still a student, in 1991 he began working in his specialty - he got a job as a history teacher in a high school. I taught for about two years, and also taught geography and English lessons.

In 1994, he became the head of the audit company Fainart-Audit.

Two years later he moved to the civil service. In 1996, he headed the regional commission for the securities market of the Kaluga region as chairman.

From 1997 to 2001, he worked as deputy director of the department of economics and industry of the government of the Kaluga region, then until 2004 he served as first deputy chairman of the region’s state property committee.

In 2004, he was appointed Minister of Economic Development of the Kaluga Region, from the same year he was the first deputy mayor, and then he himself became the mayor of Kaluga.

From 2007 to May 2012, he served as deputy governor of the Kaluga region.

On May 22, 2012, he was appointed deputy chief of staff of the government of the Russian Federation.

On May 24, 2013, by decree of Dmitry Medvedev, he was appointed First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation.

On May 10, 2018 it became known that the first deputy head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Maxim Akimov, in the new government with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister, would be responsible for the digitalization of the economy along with communication issues. His candidacy was proposed by head of government Dmitry Medvedev.

On May 18, 2018, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government was approved and oversees the implementation of the national program “Digital Economy” and the national project to create safe and high-quality roads, it follows from the document. His powers also include the digitalization of public administration, including the provision of public services. Responsible for issues of transport, communications, innovation, issues related to real estate and intellectual property.

Family status

She is officially married and has two sons.

Maxim Akimov is a Russian politician who managed to make a brilliant career in a short time. The former history teacher came into the circle of power in the city of Kaluga back in the mid-90s. Several years ago, the official settled in the apparatus of the Russian government, and recently he was promoted again.

Childhood and youth

The early biography of Maxim Akimov is not replete with events; the official is reluctant to share details of his childhood and youth with the press. Only scanty “questionnaire” information is known.

Maxim Alekseevich comes from the city of Maloyaroslavets, which is located 60 km from Kaluga. After school, the young man decided to connect his life with raising the younger generation, entering the Faculty of History at the Pedagogical University.

While still a student, he got a job in a high school and for a couple of years combined his position as a history teacher with teaching English and geography. Akimov also managed to repay his debt to his homeland in his youth, having served in the Soviet army.

Career

At the height of perestroika, in 1994, Maxim Alekseevich radically changed his profession and took the helm of the auditing firm Fainart-Audit. The young man was not even 30 years old when he found himself in the corridors of power. The field of activity was supplemented with another post - Akimov was chosen as the head of the commission overseeing the securities market in the Kaluga region.

He did not preside for long, and a year later he again climbed the career ladder. Maxim took the position of deputy director of the regional department of economics and industry, and soon became the first deputy head of the regional state property committee.

Then a talented politician, well versed in financial matters, was appointed head of the region’s Ministry of Economic Development, from there Akimov moved to the city government and replaced the head of Kaluga. In the summer of 2004, mayor Valery Ivanov vacated the vacant seat, which was filled by Maxim Alekseevich in late autumn, confidently winning the vote.

Maxim Akimov’s track record also includes the position of deputy governor of the Kaluga region. But the man never made it to the position of head of the region; in the spring of 2012, Moscow took him to become an assistant to the head of the Russian government apparatus. After another 12 months, he entrusted the Kaluga politician with the post of first deputy.

The range of issues that came under Akimov’s supervision is extensive. He dealt with problems of an economic and financial nature; aspects of state property, energy, transport and communications, and industry came under the supervision of Maxim Alekseevich. Later, he additionally supervised issues of science and high technology, agriculture, timber industry and fisheries, and investment policy.

In the summer of 2016, Maxim Alekseevich was awaiting a promotion - the man tried on the role of state adviser for strategic development. And in the fall, an ambitious representative of the government apparatus applied for a ministerial position. vacated the post of Minister of Economic Development, and Akimov announced his candidacy along with Ksenia Yudaeva. However, the government gave up the position.

Personal life

The personal life of Maxim Akimov is hidden from prying eyes. Only general details are known about the official’s family. The man got a wife in his early youth, and together with his wife he is raising two sons.

Maxim Akimov now

In 2017, Maxim Alekseevich was going to change his post to the governorship of the Nizhny Novgorod region. In September, the politician was on the short list of candidates for the vacant position of head of the region. And a month earlier, by order of Medvedev, he headed the government subcommittee overseeing the Digital Economy innovation program.

The head of state announced the country’s transition to a digital economy at the end of 2016. According to the president’s assumptions, in the next 10 years the IT industry will occupy the main place in Russia’s export industries, which is why a special program was required, which was presented by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications.

According to the document, in the near future it is necessary to create a system of digital democracy so that the entire country is covered by cellular communications with wireless data transmission. Every area of ​​Russian life will switch to digital - medicine, the judicial system, banking operations and even education. By mid-summer the program was approved.

In February 2018, Maxim Akimov told reporters in more detail what awaits Russians in ten years. The politician said that soon plastic cards will become a relic of the past. The payment system will be built on the use of new technologies, including messengers. On the topic in what form this will appear, there are heated discussions today between representatives of banks and the Fintech association.

According to Maxim Alekseevich, in just a couple of years, banking services will move to digital platforms, and as a result, the boundaries between services will be erased. This will help to bring to the fore the needs of the person and the quality of the services provided.

Changes will also affect education, the acquisition of knowledge will become individualized, schools and higher education institutions will have to use new educational technologies. The people will have to learn to live in the digital economy - the new program also takes this into account. Akimov noted:

“People need to understand the risks and opportunities of the digital world. To this end, within the framework of the Digital Economy program, it is planned to implement a set of measures to increase the digital literacy of the population.”

On May 7, Maxim Akimov was promoted to a new position. Dmitry Medvedev, speaking in the State Duma to members of United Russia, announced candidates for key positions in the government. Maxim Alekseevich was offered the position of Deputy Prime Minister for transport, communications and digital economy. The politician will replace him in this post.

Awards

• 2014 - Order of Alexander Nevsky
• 2014 - Gratitude from the Government of the Russian Federation
• 2017 - Medal “For special services to the Kaluga region”