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Sergey Abramov (politician)

Russian former politician in Chechnya (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sergey Abramov (politician)
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Sergey Borisovich Abramov (Russian: Серге́й Бори́сович Абра́мов; born February 29, 1972) is a Russian business executive of Russian Railways and a former politician. Abramov is a graduate of the Tashkent State University of Economics.

Quick facts Acting President of the Chechen Republic, Preceded by ...
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Head of the republic

In 2002, during the presidency of Akhmad Kadyrov, 30-year-old Abramov was appointed minister of finance of the Chechen Republic and continued until his appointment as prime minister.[1] On 24 March 2004, he was appointed Prime Minister (Chairman of the Government) of the Chechen Republic by President Kadyrov with approval of the legislature. After the assassination of President Kadyrov, Abramov become acting president as per the constitutional provision at the time; his tenure as Acting President ended following the presidential election. He himself survived a series of assassination attempts.[1]

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Later career

On 18 November 2005, Abramov survived a near-fatal car crash in Moscow and temporarily disappeared from public view. On 28 February 2006, he resigned as prime minister, ostensibly for health reasons but in reality to make space for Ramzan Kadyrov to be permanent prime minister. He is an ethnic Russian and had pro-Russian and Russian unitary political views in his administrations of Chechnya. He moved to Chechnya for his political career.

As of November 2010, Abramov chaired the Directorate of Railway Terminals of Russian Railways and was managing an ambitious program of rebuilding the stations in major cities.[1]

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Family

His wife, Alla Anatolyevna Kalashnik (born November 19, 1963), works at Vnesheconombank of Russia. They have a son, Nikolay (born 2004).[2]

References

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