Rem Viakhirev

{{Short description|Russian businessman (1934–2013)}}

{{family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Viakhirev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Rem Viakhirev

| image = Vladimir Putin 20 November 2001-7.jpg

| caption = Vyakhirev in 2001

| native_name = Рем Иванович Вяхирев

| native_name_lang = ru

| predecessor =

| successor = Alexey Miller

| birth_name = Rem Ivanovich Viakhirev

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|8|23}}

| birth_place = Samara Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|2|11|1934|8|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow Oblast, Russia

| alma_mater = The Kuybishev Institute of oil and gas

| occupation = CEO of Gazprom (1992–2001)

| spouse =

| children =

}}

Rem Ivanovich Viakhirev (or Vyakhirev; {{lang-rus|Рем Ива́нович Вя́хирев|p=ˈrɛm ɨˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ˈvʲæxʲɪrʲɪf}}; 23 August 1934 – 11 February 2013)[http://ria.ru/society/20130211/922351607.html Скончался экс-глава «Газпрома» Рем Вяхирев] {{in lang|ru}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-30 |title=Бывший глава «Газпрома» Рем Вяхирев скончался в возрасте 78 лет - Газета.Ru {{!}} Новости |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/business/news/2013/02/11/n_2750033.shtml |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Газета.Ru |language=ru}} was a Russian businessman. From 1992 to 2001, he was chairman of Gazprom. In May 2001, Viakhirev had to resign as chairman during Putin's consolidation of economic power.{{Cite book |title=Economic liberalism and its rivals : the formation of international institutions among the post-Soviet states|last=Darden |first=Keith A. |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521866538 |location=Cambridge |page=157 |oclc=320899384}}{{Cite book |title=Good governance in the era of global neoliberalism : conflict and depolitization in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa |last=Mommen |first=André |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |editor-last=Demmers |editor-first=Jolle |editor-last2=Fernández Jilberto |editor-first2=A. E. |editor-last3=Hogenboom |editor-first3=Barbara |isbn=9780415341165 |location=London |pages=154, 155 |oclc=252723727}} His successor is Alexey Miller.