# Andrei Fursenko

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Russian oligarch (born 1949)

In this name that follows [East Slavic naming customs](/source/East_Slavic_naming_customs), the [patronymic](/source/Patronymic) is *Aleksandrovich* and the [family name](/source/Surname) is *Fursenko*.

Andrei Fursenko Андрей Фурсенко Fursenko in 2012 Aide to the President of Russia Incumbent Assumed office 21 May 2012 President Vladimir Putin Minister of Education and Science In office 9 March 2004 – 21 May 2012 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Preceded by Vladimir Filippov Succeeded by Dmitry Livanov Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies Acting 6 December 2003 – 9 March 2004 Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov Preceded by Ilya Klebanov Succeeded by Viktor Khristenko Personal details Born Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko (1949-07-17) 17 July 1949 (age 76) Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Russia) Party United Russia Relatives Sergey Fursenko (brother) Signature

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**Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Андрей Александрович Фурсенко, IPA: [\[ɐnˈdrʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈfursʲɪnkə\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian); born 17 July 1949) is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. He has the federal state civilian service rank of [1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation](/source/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation).[1] He was the [Minister of Education and Science](/source/Ministry_of_Education_and_Science_(Russia)) of the [Russian Federation](/source/Russian_Federation) from 2004 to 2012.[2] He is considered to be a member of the Saint Petersburg [political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency](/source/Political_groups_under_Vladimir_Putin's_presidency#St._Petersburg_economists_and_lawyers).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Family and education

His father [Aleksandr Fursenko](/source/Aleksandr_Fursenko) (1927–2008) was a renowned historian, a member of the [Russian Academy of Sciences](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences). His brother [Sergey Fursenko](/source/Sergey_Fursenko) (b. 1954) is a technician, businessman, TV producer and the president of the football club [Zenit](/source/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg) ([St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg)).[3]

Andrei Fursenko entered the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of the [Leningrad State University](/source/Leningrad_State_University) in 1966 and graduated from there in 1971. In the university he became a member of the [Communist Party of the Soviet Union](/source/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union), which he left in August 1991 as it had been banned.

## Career

From 1971 to 1991 he worked in Leningrad at the [Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute](/source/Ioffe_Physico-Technical_Institute) as a junior researcher, senior researcher, the chief of the Computer Department (1985–1989), deputy director for science (1987–1991).

He defended his [Candidate of Science](/source/Candidate_of_Science) dissertation in physics in 1978 and his [Doctor of Science](/source/Doctor_of_Science) dissertation in physics in 1990.

Andrei Fursenko(left) visiting [Arkangelsk](/source/Arkangelsk)

In 1990-1991 together with [Yuriy Kovalchuk](/source/Yuriy_Kovalchuk) (another deputy director) and [Vladimir Yakunin](/source/Vladimir_Yakunin) (head of the foreign relations department of the institute) he tried to create a commercial enterprise within the institute that would be engaged in the application of scientific achievements. These plans, however, were opposed by [Zhores Alfyorov](/source/Zhores_I._Alferov), director, so that Fursenko, Kovalchuk and Yakunin left their positions in the institute.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Outside the institute in St. Petersburg they founded several companies specializing in science application.

In 1991-1992 Fursenko was a vice-president of the R&D company Advanced Technology Center Ltd headed by Yuriy Kovalchuk.

Since 1992 - November 2001 he was the Director General of the St. Petersburg Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development attached to the electronic factory OJSC Svetlana. RFSED was founded by the [Russia bank](/source/Russia_bank), JSC "Fund for Regional Development, OJSC Svetlana, [City Property Committee of St. Petersburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=City_Property_Committee_of_St._Petersburg&action=edit&redlink=1) and three more enterprises.

In 1993 Andrei Fursenko got acquainted with [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin) who worked in the [Office of the Mayor of St. Petersburg](/source/Office_of_the_Mayor_of_St._Petersburg) as the head of the Committee for External Relations and had registered some of his companies.[4]

Since the early 90s, Andrei Fursenko owns a [dacha](/source/Dacha) in Solovyovka, [Priozersky District](/source/Priozersky_District) of the [Leningrad region](/source/Leningrad_Oblast), which is located on the eastern shore of the Komsomol'skoye lake on the [Karelian Isthmus](/source/Karelian_Isthmus) near St. Petersburg. His neighbours there are [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin), [Vladimir Yakunin](/source/Vladimir_Yakunin), his brother [Sergey Fursenko](/source/Sergey_Fursenko), [Yuriy Kovalchuk](/source/Yuriy_Kovalchuk), [Viktor Myachin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viktor_Myachin&action=edit&redlink=1), [Vladimir Smirnov](/source/Vladimir_Smirnov_(businessman)) and [Nikolay Shamalov](/source/Nikolay_Shamalov). On 10 November 1996, together they instituted the co-operative society [Ozero](/source/Ozero) (the Lake) which united their properties.[5][6][7]

In May 1994 - September 1995 he was CEO of Russian-German Joint venture Investment Consulting Company St. Petersburg (ICC).

In 1995 Andrei Fursenko became a member of the pro-government [Our Home Is Russia](/source/Our_Home_Is_Russia) party.

In September 2000 - 2001 he was a [Philippines](/source/Philippines) consul in St. Petersburg, A.H.

Since October 2000 he is the Chairman of the Academic Council of the Foundation "Centre for Strategic Research North-West" (CEO Yuriy Kovalchuk).

## Government

From November 2001 until November 2003 Fursenko was Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the [Russian Federation](/source/Russian_Federation). From November 2003 until March 2004 he was Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation. From 9 March 2004 until 21 May 2012 Fursenko was Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.[8]

Andrei Fursenko refused to prevent compulsory teaching of religious subjects at school[9][10][11] and objected to teaching advanced mathematics at school.[12]

Andrei Fursenko is married and has a son named Alexander. He is fluent in English.

### Sanctions

Because of the [annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation](/source/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation), the [Office of Foreign Assets Control](/source/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control) (OFAC) published on March 20, 2014, that [Fursenko and 19 other men](/source/List_of_people_sanctioned_during_the_Ukrainian_crisis) have been added to the [Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)](/source/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control#Specially_Designated_Nationals_List) which froze his assets in the United States, prevented him from traveling to the United States, and prohibited United States citizens and entities from conducting business with Fursenko.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

He was sanctioned by the British government in 2022 in relation to the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine).[19]

## Honours

- Order "For Services to the Fatherland» IV degree (10 August 2009) - *for his great contribution in the development of education and science of the Russian Federation and many years of fruitful activity.*

- Certificate of Merit from the Government of the Russian Federation (17 July 2004) - *for his great personal contribution to the development of fundamental and applied science, the formation of the national innovation system and many years of fruitful work.*

## See also

- [Ozero](/source/Ozero)

- [Sergey Fursenko](/source/Sergey_Fursenko)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [О присвоении классного чина государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации Фурсенко А.А.](http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=21.08.2012&a8=1191&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=75&y=13) (Decree 1191) (in Russian). [President of Russia](/source/President_of_Russia). 21 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Andrei Fursenko"](http://russkiymir.ru/en/fund/board-of-trustees/Fursenko-Andrej-Aleksandrovich.php). *Russkiy Mir*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sergey Fursenko"](http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1587065.html). 21 March 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Антикомпромат.Ру. Олигархи. Происхождение путинской олигархии"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070109131958/http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html). 2007-01-09. Archived from [the original](http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html) on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [How the 1980s Explains Vladimir Putin. *The Ozero group.*](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/how-the-1980s-explains-vladimir-putin/273135/#) By Fiona Hill & Clifford G. Gaddy, *The Atlantic*, February 14, 2013

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Anticompromat](http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070109131958/http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html) 2007-01-09 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Владимир Прибыловский, Юрий Фельштинский. Операция "Наследник". Главы из книги"](http://www.lib.ru/HISTORY/FELSHTINSKY/naslednik.txt). Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Savitskaya, Natalia (4 September 2008). [""Нам столько творцов не нужно!""](https://nvo.ng.ru/education/2008-09-04/12_fursenko.html) ["We don't need so many creative people!"]. *ng.ru* (in Russian). [Nezavisimaya Gazeta](/source/Nezavisimaya_Gazeta). Retrieved 4 October 2020. Andrei Fursenko: All the time, why are we talking about education keeping in mind that we have to prepare some creative people? So, the same theme comes through in your question. We don't need so many creative people at all

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Новости России и мира - Новостной портал Московский Комсомолец - МК"](https://www.mk.ru/). *www.mk.ru* (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Антикомпромат.Ру. Фурсенко Андрей"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070322040544/http://www.anticompromat.ru/fursenko_a/index.html). 2007-03-22. Archived from [the original](http://www.anticompromat.ru/fursenko_a/index.html) on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Министр образования вновь указал на опасность обязательного преподавания ОПК"](http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/education-culture/religion-school/2006/09/d9101). *SOVA Center for Information and Analysis*. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Фурсенко: Высшая математика убивает креативность"](https://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2009/02/11/617365.html). *Росбалт* (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine"](http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl23331.aspx). US Department of the treasury.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine"](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/20/executive-order-blocking-property-additional-persons-contributing-situat). The White House - Office of the Press Secretary. 20 March 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Ukraine-related Designations"](http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20140320_33.aspx). Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)"](http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx). Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Sanctions_17-0)** Shuklin, Peter (March 21, 2014). ["Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150207152258/http://news.liga.net/articles/politics/1066761-blizhniy_krug_putina_kto_popal_v_novyy_spisok_sanktsiy_ssha.htm). liga.net. Archived from [the original](https://news.liga.net/articles/politics/1066761-blizhniy_krug_putina_kto_popal_v_novyy_spisok_sanktsiy_ssha.htm) on February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ukraine-EO13661_18-0)** President of The United States (March 19, 2016). ["Ukraine EO13661"](https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/ukraine_eo2.pdf) (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK"](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

## External links

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- [Biography](http://www.peoples.ru/state/politics/fursenko/index.html) (in Russian)

- [Biography by Pribylovsky](https://web.archive.org/web/20070510075701/http://www.anticompromat.ru/fursenko_a/furs01bio.html) (in Russian)

- [Dossier by Pribylovsky](https://web.archive.org/web/20070322040544/http://www.anticompromat.ru/fursenko_a/index.html) (in Russian)

- [Pribylovsky, Vladimir. The Origin of Putin's Oligarchy](https://web.archive.org/web/20070109131958/http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html) (in Russian)

- [The Operation "Successor"](http://www.lib.ru/HISTORY/FELSHTINSKY/naslednik.txt) by [Vladimir Pribylovsky](/source/Vladimir_Pribylovsky) & [Yuriy Felshtinsky](/source/Yuriy_Felshtinsky) (in Russian)

Preceded by Ilya Klebanov Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation 2 November 2003 – March 2004 Succeeded by N/A Preceded by Vladimir Filippov Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation 9 March 2004 – 21 May 2012 Succeeded by Dmitry Livanov

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