Alexander Rumyantsev (minister)
{{Short description|Russian scientist, academician, minister and ambassador}}
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| name = Alexander Rumyantsev
| image = Spencer Abraham, Mohamed ElBaradei & Alexander Rumyantsev (01119229) (cropped).jpg
| native_name = {{nobold|Александр Румянцев}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| caption = Rumyantsev in 2002
| office = Ambassador of Russia to Finland
| predecessor = Vladimir Grinin
| successor = Pavel Kuznetsov
| term_start = 21 April 2006
| term_end = 14 August 2017
| office1 = Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom
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| successor1 = Sergei Kiriyenko
| term_start1 = March 2004
| term_end1 = 15 November 2005
| office2 = Minister for Atomic Energy
| predecessor2 = Yevgeny Adamov
| successor2 = position abolished
| term_start2 = 28 March 2001
| term_end2 = 24 February 2004
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| birth_name = Pavel Maratovich Kuznetsov
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| birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union
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Alexander Yuryevich Rumyantsev ({{langx|ru|Александр Юрьевич Румянцев}}; born July 26, 1945) is a Russian scientist, academician, minister, and ambassador.
Career
Since graduating MEPhI 1969, worked in Kurchatov Institute researching nuclear physics. In 1994 was appointed as the director of the Kurchatov Institute. In 1996 was elected as the corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and since 2000 is the academician.
File:Vladimir Putin 16 May 2001-3.jpg in 2001]]
In 2001 was appointed as the Minister of the Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, in the cabinet of the Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. During his tenure the Megatons to Megawatts agreement was renegotiated in 2002.[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/thomas-l-neffs-idea-turned-russian-warheads-into-american-electricity.html From Warheads to Cheap Energy], William J. Broad, NYT 27 January 2014[http://www.usec.com/russian-contracts/megatons-megawatts USEC website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113070126/http://www.usec.com/russian-contracts/megatons-megawatts |date=2014-01-13 }} Following the dismissal of the whole cabinet in February 2004 by the President Putin, the Ministry was reorganized into a Federal Agency on Atomic Energy where Alexander Rumyantsev was appointed as the CEO.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rosatom.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosatom/rosatomsite.eng/about/nuclear_industry/history/ |title=History of Russian Nuclear Industry |access-date=2012-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601184345/http://www.rosatom.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosatom/rosatomsite.eng/about/nuclear_industry/history/ |archive-date=2012-06-01 |url-status=dead }} He stepped down from this post in November 2005 during the international scandal[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Home/Archive/Russia_demands_extradition_of_arrested_minister.html?cid=4514542 Russia demands extradition of arrested minister], swissinfo, 19 May 2005 involving his predecessor as a Minister, Yevgeny Adamov.
In preparation for his next job Alexander Rumyantsev graduated the Higher Diplomatic Courses of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian MFA in 2006, and was posted as the Russian ambassador to the Republic of Finland.{{Cite web |url=http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=033382 |title=Указ Президента РФ от 21.04.2006 N 418 |access-date=2012-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011203454/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=033382 |archive-date=2006-10-11 |url-status=dead }} Later he was awarded the diplomatic rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in April 2008.[https://archive.today/20120708052934/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=045414 Указ Президента РФ от 23.04.2008 N 549]
Awards and decorations
- 1986 - USSR State Prize for the cycle of works on "New methods of research in the field of solid-state physics based on scattering the neutrons in stationary nuclear reactors"{{cite quote|date=September 2022}}
- 2001 - Order of Honour{{Cite web |url=http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;689661 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 июля 2001 года № 922 |access-date=2012-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155727/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;689661 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}
- 2005 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV class{{Cite web |url=http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;834695 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 10 августа 2005 года № 948 |access-date=2012-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092835/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;834695 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}
- 2010 - Order of Friendship{{Cite web |url=http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1524521 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 29 октября 2010 года № 1303 |access-date=2012-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402195430/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1524521 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}
- 2017 - Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland{{Cite web |title=Vuonna 2017 ulkomaalaisille annetut kunniamerkit – Utmärkelsetecken förlänade åt utlänningar 2017 |publisher=Ritarikunnat - Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ja Suomen Leijonan ritarikunnat |access-date=7 September 2022 |url= https://ritarikunnat.fi/ritarikunnat/annetut-kunniamerkit/vuonna-2017-annetut-kunniamerkit-forlanade-utmarkelsetecken-2017/vuonna-2017-ulkomaalaisille-annetut-kunniamerkit-utmarkelsetecken-forlanade-at-utlanningar-2017/ |language=fi, sv }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720193857/http://www.rusembassy.fi/ELAmbassador.htm Russian Embassy in Finland] official site
- [http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-382.ln-ru Russian Academy of Sciences] official site in Russian
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204050712/http://www.kiae.ru/index32g.html Kurchatov Institute] official site in Russian
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Category:People from Mary Region
Category:Russian nuclear physicists
Category:Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Category:Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)