Boris Saltykov

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| name = Boris Saltykov

| native_name = {{nobold|Борис Салтыков}}

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| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

| term_start = 4 June 1992

| term_end = 5 March 1993

| alongside =

| president = Boris Yeltsin

| primeminister = Boris Yeltsin
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
Viktor Chernomyrdin

| office2 = Minister of Science and Technology

| term_start2 = 3 December 1991

| term_end2 = 14 August 1996

| president2 = Boris Yeltsin

| predecessor2 = Ministry created

| successor2 = Vladimir Fortov (in 1997)

| pronunciation =

| birth_name = Boris Georgiyevich Saltykov

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|12|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| nationality = Russian

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Engineer

| alma_mater = Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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Boris Georgiyevich Saltykov ({{langx|ru|Борис Георгиевич Салтыков}}; born 27 December 1940) is a Russian politician and engineer. He held several cabinet portfolios in the government of Russia during the 1990s, including Minister of Science and Technology, and Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Government service

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Boris Saltykov was appointed as both the Minister of Science and Technology, as well as Deputy Prime Minister for education, in 1992. Although he would be demoted from that latter post in 1993, he held the former office until 1996.Pallin (2008), p. 91. During this time Saltykov was regarded as being a key member of Yegor Gaidar's reform team.Chazan, Guy (22 December 1992). [http://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/22/Leading-reformer-quits-Russian-Cabinet/6217725000400/ Leading reformer quits Russian Cabinet]. UPI. Retrieved 6 September 2017. He acknowledged at one point that the Russian middle class was being decimated by the government's economic policies.Sakwa (2002), p. 337. Although Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin initially retained most of Gaidar's original team, it ended up disintegrating by March 1993, with Saltykov stepping down from the deputy premiership that month.Shevchenko (2004), p. 81

In March 1996, in his capacity as science and technology minister, Saltykov visited a conference with NATO discussing increased scientific cooperation between Russia and the bloc.[http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_24988.htm?selectedLocale=en Russian Science Minister meets with NATO Science Committee 20-22 march 1996]. NATO official website. Published 22 March 1996. Retrieved 6 September 2017. Other concerns he addressed included property rights of Russian scientists.[https://www.rferl.org/a/1141181.html Newsline - May 29, 1996]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published 29 May 1996. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

He was dismissed as science minister in August 1996, at which point the ministry was downgraded to a state committee. It was revived in 1997, however, with Vladimir Fortov appointed to the post in Saltykov's place—a candidate that Saltykov supported for the position.[https://www.science.org/content/article/cabinet-shake-boosts-russian-science Cabinet Shake-Up Boosts Russian Science]. Science Magazine. Published 18 March 1997. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

As of 2004, Saltykov is one of the trustees of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's foundation in the United Kingdom.Gill, Joe (24 November 2004). [https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/jailed-oligarch-sets-trust-uk/article/611378 Jailed oligarch sets up trust in UK]. Third Sector. Retrieved 6 September 2017.