Mikhail Mishustin factbox

Mikhail Mishustin, Vladimir Putin’s pick to head the Russian government, has no political experience but is credited with modernizing Russia’s tax system. Married with three sons, he plays ice hockey


Mar 3, 1966:  Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin born in Moscow

1989-92: Graduates in systems engineering, completes postgraduate studies at Moscow’s STANKIN Machine- Instrument Institute

2003: Receives PhD in economics

2010: Receives doctoral degree in economics

Apr: Handpicked by then-prime minister Vladimir Putin to run Federal Tax Service – Mishustin tasked with improving revenues

2014-18, VAT reforms: Uses cutting edge technology to reduce VAT tax gap between revenue due and revenue collected. Receipts from VAT soar 64%
 
2012: Decorated with Order of Honour
 
2015: Awarded Order for Merit to the Fatherland
 
Jan 16, 2020: Ruling United Russia party unanimously approves candidacy of Mishustin
as Prime Minister following shock resignation of Dmitri Medvedev

  
Sources: DW, Financial Times, TASS 
Picture: Associated Press 
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