Tatyana Golikova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexeyevna and the family name is Golikova.
Tatyana Golikova
Татьяна Голикова
Golikova in 2018
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
for Social Policy
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 May 2018
Acting: 15 January 2020 – 21 January 2020
Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev
Mikhail Mishustin
Chairwoman of the Accounts Chamber
In office
20 September 2013 – 17 May 2018
Preceded bySergei Stepashin
Succeeded byAlexei Kudrin
Minister of Health and Social Development
In office
September 2007 – May 2012
PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded byMikhail Zurabov
Succeeded byVeronika Skvortsova (as Minister of Health)
Maxim Topilin (as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs)
Personal details
Born
Tatyana Alexeyevna Golikova

(1966-02-09) 9 February 1966 (age 58)
Mytishchi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
SpouseViktor Khristenko
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Tatiana Alexeyevna Golikova (Russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Голикова; born 9 February 1966) is a Russian politician and economist who serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Social Policy, Labour, Health Care, and Pension Provision since 2018.

From 2007 to 2012, she served as the Minister of Health and Social Development[1] and Chairwoman of the Account Chamber of Russia from 2013 to 2018.

She has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[2]

Early life and education

Golikova was born on 9 February 1966 in Mytishchi, Russian SFSR. She graduated from the Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy with a specialization in labour economics in 1987.[3]

Career

Golikova in Beijing during Putin's visit to China in May 2024

Golikova was an economist in the State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1990 to 1992. She moved on to hold the post of Chief Economist in the State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1992 to 1995 and was then Deputy Head of State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1995 to 1998. From April to August 1998, she held the post of Head of State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry, before becoming Head of the Budget Policy Department from August 1998 to July 1999. She was deputy Finance Minister from July 1999 to 2002 and First Deputy Finance Minister from 2002 to 2004. She was a Deputy Finance Minister from 2004 to September 2007.[4]

Minister

Golikova was appointed Minister of Health and Social Development in September 2007, at the request of Vladimir Putin.[5] She had the additional responsibility of Deputy Chair of the Federal Antinarcotics Service (FSKN).[citation needed] In 2012 she resigned from office.

Deputy prime minister

On 18 May 2018, Golikova was appointed deputy prime minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet.[6] On 21 January 2020, she maintained her position in Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet. She was appointed the head of the Emergency Response Centre on preventing the import and spread of the Coronavirus in Russia later the same month.[7]

Sanctions

In December 2022 the European Union sanctioned Golikova in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]

Personal life

Golikova is married to Viktor Khristenko, the former Minister of Industry and Trade. They married in 2003.[9] She has earned the nickname "Miss Budget".[10]

Awards and honours

Russia:

Corruption allegations

Golikova has been widely accused of corruption by several Russian media outlets, mainly for her alleged connections to the Pharmstandard, which is a producer of the heavily-hyped drug Arbidol. After these allegations she was nicknamed "Madam Arbidol".[11]

In 2022, the Anti-Corruption Foundation released an investigation claiming that Golikova, her husband and stepson owned an airplane; golf clubs in Spain and Russia; real estate in Spain, Portugal, French Riviera and Russia.[12]

References

  1. ^ Tatyana Golikova
  2. ^ О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим федеральных органов исполнительной власти (Decree 992) (in Russian). President of Russia. 28 August 2003.
  3. ^ Новости, Р. И. А. (21 January 2020). "Биография Татьяны Голиковой". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Голикова Татьяна Алексеевна". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 5 February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Голикова, Татьяна Алексеевна". ТАСС. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Рабочая встреча с Председателем Правительства Дмитрием Медведевым". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Мишустин назначил Голикову главой штаба по противодействию коронавирусу". Ведомости (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  8. ^ "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  9. ^ ВАНДЫШЕВА, Ольга (22 April 2003). "Вице-премьер правительства полюбил замминистра финансов". kp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Она бюджету отдана". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 15 February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Как нам посадить федеральных министров - Политические новости России и мира - МК". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  12. ^ "У семьи вице-премьера РФ обнаружили активы на 50 млрд рублей – DW – 07.10.2022". dw.com (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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