Igor Sechin | |
|---|---|
Игорь Сечин | |
.jpg) Sechin in 2020 | |
| Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft | |
| Assumed role 23 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Eduard Khudainatov |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 12 May 2008 – 21 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Igor Ivanovich Sechin 7 September 1960 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Spouse(s) | Marina Sechina (div. 2011) Olga Rozhkova
(m. 2012; div. 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Moscow, Russia |
| Salary | ~$17,500,000 (2014)[1] |
Igor Ivanovich Sechin (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Се́чин; born 7 September 1960) is a Russian oligarch and a government official, considered a close ally and "de facto deputy" of Vladimir Putin.[2]
Sechin has been a confidant of Russian leader Vladimir Putin since the early 1990s. Sechin was chief of staff to Putin when he was the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg in 1994. When Putin became President in 2000, Sechin became his deputy chief of staff, overseeing security services and energy issues in Russia.[3][4] Putin appointed Sechin as chairman of Rosneft, the Russian state oil company in 2004.[5][4] He was as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in Vladimir Putin's cabinet from 2008 to 2012.[6] He is currently the chief executive officer, president and chairman of the management board of Rosneft.[5]
Sechin is often described as one of Putin's most conservative counselors and the leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki faction, a lobby gathering former security services agents.[7][8][9][a] He has been sanctioned by some foreign governments following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His nickname is Darth Vader.[10][11]
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- ^ The Guardian. 12 January 2017. Page 6.
- ^ Foy, Henry (1 March 2018). "'We need to talk about Igor': the rise of Russia's most powerful oligarch". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b Reznik, Irina; Bierman, Stephen; Meyer, Henry (7 February 2014). "State-run Russian oil behemoth Rosneft helps Vladimir Putin tighten his economic grip". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b Hussain, Yadullah (10 March 2020). "Meet the Russian oil tycoon who likely triggered the Riyadh-Moscow oil war". Financial Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Luhn, Alec (8 February 2017). "The "Darth Vader" of Russia: meet Igor Sechin, Putin's right-hand man". Vox. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Hahn, Gordon (21 July 2008). "The Siloviki Downgraded. In Russia's New Configuration of Power". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Igor Sechin, head of Rosneft, is powerful as never before". The Economist. 15 December 2016. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ a b Harding, Luke (21 December 2007). "Putin, the Kremlin power struggle and the $40bn fortune". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Bidder, Benjamin (19 October 2012). "Putins Petroleum-Coup". Der Spiegel (in German). Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Rapoza, Kenneth (27 May 2019). "Russia's Largest Public Companies 2019: Sanctions No Match For Oil & Gas". Forbes. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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