Timur Ivanov

Timur Vadimovich Ivanov (Russian: Тимур Вадимович Иванов; born on 15 August 1975), is a Russian statesman and army officer, who is currently the Deputy Minister of Defense since 23 May 2016. He is also an acting State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st class, and a candidate of economic sciences.

Timur Ivanov
Тимур Иванов
Deputy Minister of Defense
Assumed office
23 May 2016
Deputy Prime Minister of Moscow Oblast
In office
2012 – 23 May 2016
Personal details
Born
Timur Vadimovich Ivanov

(1975-08-15) 15 August 1975
Moscow, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)Svetlana Zakharova

Biography

Timur Ivanov was born on 15 August 1975 in Moscow. His father, Vadim Gennadyevich, is the general director of Crystal Development LLC since 2004, while his mother is of Lezgian descent, as she is originally from the Kurakhsky district of Dagestan.

In 1997, Ivanov graduated from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of the Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. From 1997 to 1999, he worked in various commercial organizations. From 1999 to 2012, he worked at enterprises of the fuel and energy complex of Russia. He hold his academic degree: a candidate of economic sciences (dissertation "Financial and organizational models of NPP construction projects" under the direction of Aleksandr Karyakin was defended in Ivanovo in 2011).

In 2012, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Oblast, under governor Sergey Shoygu. From 2013 to 2016, he was the General Director of Oboronstroy JSC, a subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Defense.[1][2]

On 23 May 2016, by decree of the President of Russia, Ivanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russia. In the Ministry of Defense, he oversees issues related to property management and quartering of troops, housing and medical support of the Russian Armed Forces, and is responsible for the construction, reconstruction and overhaul of facilities of the Russian Ministry of Defense and military mortgages.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia in 2020, he supervised the construction of 16 multifunctional medical centers of the Ministry of Defense for the treatment of patients with COVID-19.

On 27 December 2021, following Yevgeny Zinichev's death, there are rumors that Ivanov would be the next official minister of emergency situations.[3]

Family

He is married to his second wife, Svetlana Zakharova (born 1971), since 2010. Svetlana is an entrepreneur, and owns Metropol Fashion Group.[4] She is a former host of the program "Take it off immediately!" on STS.

They have two daughters daughters Daria (born 2010) and Praskovya (born 2018). Svetlana's children from her first marriage were daughter Alekesndra (born 1998), and son Mikhail (born 2003).[5]

References
  1. "Тимур из команды Шойгу" (in Russian). Gazety.ru. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  2. "Тимур Иванов сделал шаг вперед из "Оборонстроя"" (in Russian). Kommersant. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  3. "Замминистра обороны Иванов является приоритетной кандидатурой на пост главы МЧС". octagon.media. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  4. "Замминистра обороны РФ отметил день рождения жены в Императорском яхт-клубе". Life.ru (in Russian). 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  5. "Светлана Захарова стала мамой в четвертый раз". Tatler Россия (in Russian). 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
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