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Vladimir Yakunin

Russian oligarch (born 1948)

Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Якунин; born 30 June 1948) is a Russian businessman and close confidant of Vladimir Putin. He was president of Russian Railways from June 2005 to August 2015.²

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Born Jun 30, 1948.¹

About

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

In March 2014, in the wake of the annexation of Crimea, he was placed on the US State Department's list of sanctioned Russian officials and businessmen.

From Wikipedia’s article on Vladimir Yakunin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Russian RailwaysChief executive officer Jun 14, 2005 to Aug 20, 2015¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedBaltic State Technical University³

Yakunin was born in Melenki in Gus-Khrustalny District, Vladimir Oblast. In 1972, Yakunin graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute where he studied aircraft construction, and specialized in engineering and the maintenance of long-range ballistic missiles. Yakunin's career began in the State Institute for Applied Chemistry in Leningrad, where he worked from 1972 to 1975. In 1975, he joined the Soviet Army.

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Career

Occupation: politician, businessperson, political scientist.⁶

2005 to 2015Chief executive, Russian Railways⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Stockholm School of Economics⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Russian Railways⁴

Between 1985 and 1991, Yakunin was part of the Soviet diplomatic mission to the United Nations, becoming the Mission's First Secretary in 1988.

He served in the KGB during the Soviet era.

In the early 1990s, he owned a dacha in Solovyovka, Priozersky district of Leningrad region, on the eastern shore of the Komsomol'skoye lake on the Karelian Isthmus near St. Petersburg. His neighbours there included Vladimir Putin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yuriy Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, Vladimir Smirnov and Nikolay Shamalov. On 10 November 1996, together they set up the co-operative society Ozero covering their properties.

Yakunin was the president of Russian Railways from 2005 until 2015.

On 12 December 2012 in Paris, the International Union of Railways General Assembly appointed Yakunin Chairman of the Union. He was unanimously reappointed on 3 December 2014 and continued to serve as head until his retirement.

Yakunin is President of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations", an International NGO registered in Vienna, Austria, which he co-founded with C. Kapur of India and N. Papanikolao from Greece/USA. Before it was transformed into a DOC research Institute, World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations" was an initiative to link people from different backgrounds, civilizations, traditions and religions. It organizes the annual Rhodes Forum on Dialogue of Civilizations.

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Personal life

BornJun 30, 1948, Melenki⁷
CitizenshipRussia, Soviet Union⁸

Vladimir Yakunin is fond of hunting. He loves the theater.

His wife is Yakunina Natalia Viktorovna. They have sons Andrey (born 1975) and Viktor (born 1978).

His son Andrey Yakunin owns property in the UK. Andrey ran a UK-based venture capital firm: Venture Investments & Yield Management LLP.

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Awards

2020honorary citizen of Kazan⁹
2012Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit⁹
Date not recordedCommander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas⁹
Date not recordedDecoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria⁹
Date not recordedDostyk Order of grade II⁹
Date not recordedFriendship Order⁹
Date not recordedGrand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit⁹
Date not recordedGrand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic⁹
Date not recordedGreat Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria⁹
Date not recordedHonorary Railwayman⁹

More awards (27)

Date not recordedKnight in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre⁹
Date not recordedKnight of the Legion of Honour⁹
Date not recordedMedal "For Battle Merit"⁹
Date not recordedMedal "For the Development of Railways"⁹
Date not recordedMedal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"⁹
Date not recordedOrder "Danaker"⁹
Date not recordedOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Al-Fakhr⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Alexander Nevsky⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Civil Merit⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Friendship⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Glory and Honor⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 1st class⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Honour⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic⁹
Date not recordedOrder of St. Sava⁹
Date not recordedOrder of St. Seraphim of Sarov, 2nd class⁹
Date not recordedOrder of St. Seraphim of Sarov⁹
Date not recordedOrder of the "Commonwealth"⁹
Date not recordedOrder of the Badge of Honour⁹
Date not recordedOrder of the Polar Star⁹
Date not recordedRussian Federation Government Certificate of Honour⁹
Date not recordedRussian government prize for science and technology⁹
Date not recordedStolypin Medal, 1st class⁹
Date not recordedStolypin Medal⁹
Date not recordedlist of orders, decorations, and medals of Serbia⁹

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WikidataVladimir Yakunin: Chief executive, Russian Railways, on Wikidata
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WikidataVladimir Yakunin: IMDb, on Wikidata
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WikidataRussian Railways, Chief executive officer
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