Elvira Nabiullina

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Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina (Russian: Эльвира Сахипзадовна Набиуллина; Tatar Cyrillic: Эльвира Сәхипзадә кызы Нәбиуллина, Latin: Elvira Səxipzadə qızı Nəbiullina; born 29 October 1963) is a Russian economist who was appointed the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia on September 24, 2007.[1] She is an ethnic Tatar born in Ufa, Bashkortostan.

Nabiullina graduated from the Moscow State University with an economist's degree in 1986.[2] In 1991–1994 she worked with the Science and Industry Union and its successor, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.[2] She moved to state service in the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade in 1994, reaching the level of Deputy Minister in 1997, and leaving the service in 1998.[2] For the next two years she was associated with non-governmental think tanks like German Gref's Center for Strategic Development, before returning to the Ministry in 2000–2003 as its First Deputy.[2] Between 2003 and September 2007 Nabibullina chaired the Center for Strategic Development and the commission for Russia's 2006 presidency in G8.[2] September 24, 2007 she was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade, replacing Gref.[1]

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