Mikhail Kasyanov
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Mikhail Mikhailovitch Kasyanov (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Касья́нов) (born 8 December 1957) was the Prime Minister of Russia from January 2000 to February 2004.
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Kasyanov is considered aligned to the 'family' allied to Boris Yeltsin and the Russian oligarchs who built business empires under his government. The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky highlighted the split within the Kremlin between the family and the forces allied with the security forces and military called siloviki.
The last member of the Russian government closely associated with Yeltsin, Kasyanov was dismissed, along with the entire Russian cabinet, by President Vladimir Putin on 24 February 2004.
During his term as the Deputy Minister of Finance, Kasyanov earned a nickname "Misha Two Percent". Allegedly, he has demanded a two-percent kickback for authorizing government-backed loans to private enterprises. The allegation was never explored beyond rumors. Nevertheless, the nickname stuck throughout his tenure as Prime Minister.
On the first anniversary of his dismissal (24 February 2005) Kasyanov gave a press-conference where he said that he might run for president in the 2008 elections. His bid has been very tentatively supported by billionaires Leonid Nevzlin and Boris Berezovsky (both in exile after corruption indictments against them in Russia), another tycoon Anatoly Chubais and former chess champion Garry Kasparov.
Timeline
- 1981-90: Engineer; Leading Economist; Senior Specialist; Head of Section, Department of Foreign Economic Relations of the State Planning Committee of the RSFSR.
- 1990: appointed Head of Section, Sub-department of Foreign Economic Relations of the State Planning Committee of the RSFSR.
- 1991: Deputy Head, Sub-department, then Head, Sub-department of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.
- 1992-93: Head, Consolidation Department of the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.
- 1993-95: Head, Department of Foreign Credits and External Debt of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and Member of the Board of the Ministry of Finance.
- 1995: appointed Deputy Minister of Finance.
- 1999: appointed First Deputy Minister of Finance.
- May 1999: appointed Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
- January 2000: appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
- May 2000: Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
- February 2004: Sacked by President Putin along with the entire cabinet.
| Preceded by: Vladimir Putin | Prime Minister of Russia 2000–2004 | Succeeded by: Viktor Khristenko de:Michail Michailowitsch Kasjanow he:מיכאל_קזינוב ja:ミハイル・カシヤノフ |