# Dmitry Livanov

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Russian politician

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

Dmitry Livanov Дмитрий Ливанов Livanov in 2017 Rector of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Incumbent Assumed office 15 February 2022 Preceded by Nikolay Kudryavtsev Special representative of the president on trade and economic relations with Ukraine In office 19 August 2016 – 5 October 2018 Preceded by Mikhail Zurabov Succeeded by Office disestablished Minister of Education and Science In office 21 May 2012 – 19 August 2016 Preceded by Andrei Fursenko Succeeded by Olga Vasilieva Personal details Born (1967-02-15) 15 February 1967 (age 59) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) Profession Physicist Doctor of Sciences in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

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**Dmitry Viktorovich Livanov** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Дми́трий Ви́кторович Лива́нов, born February 15, 1967) is a Russian [Doctor of Physics](/source/Doctor_of_Sciences), [professor](/source/Professor), current [rector](/source/Rector_(academia)) of the [Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology](/source/Moscow_Institute_of_Physics_and_Technology) and former rector of [Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys](/source/Moscow_Institute_of_Steel_and_Alloys), and the [Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation](/source/Ministry_of_Education_and_Science_(Russia)) from 2012 to 2016.[1]

In 1990, he graduated with honors from the Physical Chemistry Department of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. In 1990-1992, he studied at the postgraduate in same institute, where he defended his [thesis](/source/Thesis) for the degree of Candidate of Physico-Mathematical Sciences on "Heat transfer interacting electrons in superconductors and normal metals". In 1992-2000, he worked in that institute as [Research fellow](/source/Research_fellow) and senior [researcher](/source/Researcher), Laboratory synthesis, [associate professor](/source/Associate_professor) at the Department of [Theoretical Physics](/source/Theoretical_Physics).

In 2004-2005, he became director of the scientific-technical and innovation department of the Ministry of Education and Science. In 2005-2007, he was promoted to Deputy Minister of Education and Science. In 2007, he became rector of the [Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys](/source/National_University_of_Science_and_Technology_MISIS) and additional President of the [Black Sea Universities Network](/source/Black_Sea_Universities_Network). He held this position till 21 May 2012, when he was appointed Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in [Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet](/source/Dmitry_Medvedev's_First_Cabinet).

In 2013 he signed the reform that incorporated the [Russian Academy of Medical Sciences](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Medical_Sciences) and the Russian Academy of Agriculture Sciences into the [Russian Academy of Sciences](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences) (RAS), subordinating it to the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations (FASO), a government-controlled entity which realized a takeover of the RAS assets.[2]

On 19 August 2016 [Olga Yurievna Vasilieva](/source/Olga_Vasilieva_(politician)) replaced Livanov at the head of the Ministry of Education[3] and he was appointed special representative of the president on trade and economic relations with [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine).[4], but was removed from that position two years later. [5]

Livanov was appointed rector of the [Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology](/source/Moscow_Institute_of_Physics_and_Technology) in 2021.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Decree of the President of the Russian Federation from 21 May 2012 №652 "On the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation""](https://web.archive.org/web/20131017235726/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1611798). Archived from [the original](http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1611798) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Dagmara Moskwa (2018). ["Russia:An Incessant Battle for Education"](http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.desklight-42b8e1bf-148f-4ce6-beec-fac7db24794d/c/moskwa.pdf) (PDF). *Historia i Polityka* (in English and Russian) (24): 33–46. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.12775/HiP.2018.009](https://doi.org/10.12775%2FHiP.2018.009). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1899-5160](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1899-5160). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [8772658729](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/8772658729). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210720092732/http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.desklight-42b8e1bf-148f-4ce6-beec-fac7db24794d/c/moskwa.pdf) (PDF) from the original on July 20, 2021. (here cited p. 35)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["В России сменился министр образования"](http://www.interfax.ru/russia/524447). [Interfax](/source/Interfax). 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Дмитрий Ливанов официально назначен спецпредставителем президента по торгово-экономическим связям с Украиной"](http://echo.msk.ru/news/1823442-echo.html). [Echo of Moscow](/source/Echo_of_Moscow). 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Указ о Ливанове Д.В."](http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201810080008)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Экс-глава Минобрнауки Дмитрий Ливанов назначен врио ректора МФТИ"](https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/03/10/eks-glava-minobrnauki-dmitrii-livanov-naznachen-vrio-rektora-mfti). [Novaya Gazeta](/source/Novaya_Gazeta).

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