Alexey Overchuk

Alexey Logvinovich Overchuk[lower-alpha 1] (born 9 December 1964) is a Russian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Eurasian integration, cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent States, BRICS, G20, and international events since 21 January 2020.[1]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Logvinovich and the family name is Overchuk.

Alexey Overchuk
Алексей Оверчук
Official portrait, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
For Eurasian Integration
For Cooperation with the CIS, BRICS, G20
For International Events
Assumed office
21 January 2020
Prime MinisterMikhail Mishustin
Personal details
Born (1964-12-09) 9 December 1964
Korostyshiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent

Early life and career

Alexey Overchuk was born on 9 December 1964 in Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, in what is now Ukraine. In 1986, he graduated from the K.A. Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy, specialising in economic cybernetics. In 1992, he defended his PhD thesis on "Organisation of management of cooperative form of farming in industrial agriculture" at the K.A. Timiryazev Moscow Academy of Agriculture, PhD in Economics.[2]

From 1994 to 1998, he was deputy head of the international department of the presidential administration.[3]

Cadastral and economic career

Since 1998, head of the department of state registration of real estate rights at the State Committee for Land Resources and Land Management (Roskomzem).[4]

From August 2000, he was Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Land Cadastre Service (Roszemkadastr), which was reorganised into the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography in 2004.[4]

In 2007, he became deputy head of the Federal Agency for Management of Special Economic Zones under Mikhail Mishustin, coordinating work to attract investors. Since March 2011 he has been deputy head of the Federal Tax Service. He coordinated and supervised the activities of the Department of Standards and International Cooperation.[5]

Deputy Prime Minister

Since 21 January 2020, he has been Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. Originally, Overchuk was intended to oversee IT issues, but these were distributed among other deputy prime ministers. His responsibilities in government include Eurasian integration, cooperation with international organisations (CIS, BRICS, G20, etc.) and planning and organising international events with the Prime Minister.[6]

Sanctions

In December 2022 the EU sanctioned Alexey Overchuk in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

Notes
  1. Russian: Алексе́й Лóгвинович Оверчу́к
    Ukrainian: Олексій Логвинович Оверчук, romanized: Oleksiy Lohvynovych Overchuk

References
  1. "Алексей Оверчук стал вице-премьером России". ИА REGNUM (in Russian). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. "Оверчук Алексей , Заместитель руководителя, Федеральная налоговая служба". praktika.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. "Оверчук, Алексей Логвинович". tass.ru. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. "Бессменный заместитель и давняя коллега: вице-премьерами стали двое подчиненных Мишустина". www.mk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. "Новым ответственным за ИТ в России стал давний коллега нового премьера". CNews.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. "Распределение обязанностей между заместителями Председателя Правительства".
  7. "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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