TASS-DOSSIER. On August 19, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the proposal of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to resign Dmitry Livanov from the post of Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and to appoint him to the post of Special Representative of the Head of State for Trade and Economic Relations with Ukraine.
The editorial staff of TASS-DOSSIER has prepared material about the ministers of education in the Russian Federation since 1990.
Eduard Dneprov
Eduard Dneprov (1936-2015) became the first Minister of Education in Russia on July 14, 1990. Graduate of the Leningrad Nakhimov Naval and Higher Naval School named after V.I. M.V. Frunze, in 1958-1971. served on warships of the Northern and Baltic fleets. At the same time he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Leningrad University. After his dismissal from military service in 1971, he worked at the Research Institute of General Pedagogy of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, was the chief editor of the Pedagogika publishing house.
In 1988 he headed the temporary research team "School" at the State Committee for Public Education of the USSR. In 1990 he was elected to the post of head of the Ministry of Education by the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (the first and only elected minister of education). With his participation, the concept of a new education reform was developed, the 1992 Law "On Education" was adopted, and the first non-state educational institutions were opened.
He served as head of the ministry for 874 days. On December 4, 1992, Dneprov left the department, was appointed adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin on education, then switched to scientific work. He served as director of the Federal Institute for Educational Planning, was a professor at the Higher School of Economics. Doctor of Pedagogy, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education. Died on February 6, 2015
Evgeny Tkachenko
From December 23, 1992 to August 14, 1996, the ministry was headed by Yevgeny Tkachenko. Prior to his appointment, he held the post of rector of the Sverdlovsk Engineering and Pedagogical Institute. During the years of his leadership of the department, a moratorium on the privatization of educational institutions was introduced in Russia; private publishing houses were able to publish textbooks with the stamp of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
He served as minister for 1330 days. After leaving the government, he is engaged in scientific activities. Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Education and the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission. Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Education.
Vladimir Kinelev
On August 14, 1996, Vladimir Kinelev, former chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Higher Education (1993-1996) and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (January-August 1996), was appointed Minister of General and Vocational Education. Under his leadership, state educational standards were developed, a new classification of higher educational institutions was introduced, and a unified system of general and vocational education was created.
He held the post for 563 days, resigned on February 28, 1998. Then he headed the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (Moscow). Since 2008 - Scientific Director of the Russian New University for Information Technologies and Distance Education, Head of the UNESCO Chair. Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Honored Engineer of the Russian Federation.
Alexander Tikhonov
The shortest period - 212 days - was headed by Alexander Tikhonov, the former first deputy head of the department, at the head of the Ministry of General and Professional Education. He was appointed to the post of minister on March 2, 1998. He initiated the development of a retraining program for school principals, a reform of vocational education, and advocated the introduction of social credit and insurance in the education system. On September 30, 1998, after the resignation of the government of Sergei Kiriyenko, he left the post.
Until 2013, he headed the State Research Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications, headed the Department of Materials Science of Electronic Technology at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM). After MIEM entered the structure of the Higher School of Economics in 2012, Tikhonov was appointed Academic Supervisor - Director of MIEM at the Higher School of Economics. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education.
Vladimir Filippov
On September 30, 1998, Vladimir Filippov (since May 25, 1999 - Minister of Education), Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, was appointed Minister of General and Professional Education of the Russian Federation. Under his leadership, a program was adopted to modernize Russian education until 2010. Among its main provisions are the introduction of the USE, the development of new standards for general secondary education, the introduction of a multi-point assessment system for students, the introduction of targeted admission to universities, the certification of higher education institutions, the development of a new generation of standards. all levels of vocational education, the introduction of state registered financial obligations, etc.
He headed the ministry for 1987 days; on March 9, 2004, he left the post. He again headed the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. In 2013, he was appointed chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor.
Andrey Fursenko
On March 9, 2004, Vladimir Filippov was replaced by Andrey Fursenko, former First Deputy Minister, Acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. As head of the Ministry of Education and Science, he continued to introduce the USE into the practice of the general education school, develop new school education standards, and take measures to join the Russian Federation to the Bologna Declaration, according to which the standards of domestic higher education should be brought in line with European ones.
Fursenko set a record for being the head of the department - 2995 days. After leaving the government, he was appointed assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, oversees the issues of scientific funds and grants for scientists. Since 2013, he has headed the Board of Trustees of the Russian Science Foundation. Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.
Dmitry Livanov
The new head of the department on May 21, 2012 was the former deputy of Andrei Fursenko, rector of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Dmitry Livanov.
As head of the department, he initiated the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the adoption of a new law on education. He advocated the active development of secondary vocational education, the merger of universities, the optimization of their work and the reduction of the share of budgetary places, the modernization of preschool education, the introduction of electronic versions of textbooks, an increase in salaries for educators, etc.
On August 19, 2016, he was replaced at the head of the ministry by Olga Vasilyeva, deputy head of the public project department of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.
Anikeev Alexander Sergeevich- Minister of Education and Science of the Kaluga Region.
Born on March 29, 1963 in the village of Ilyichevka, Maloyaroslavets District, Kaluga Region. In 1985 he graduated from the Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky. He worked as a teacher of history and social studies in schools in Kaluga and the Kaluga region, director of secondary school No. 14 in Kaluga, head of the education department in Kaluga, deputy Mayor of Kaluga. In 2006 he was awarded the title "Honorary Worker of General Education of the Russian Federation".
Work calendar
Aleksanova Natalya Vasilievna - Deputy Minister - Head of the Department of Economics of Education.Born on May 26, 1977. Higher education. Graduated from the state educational institution of higher professional education "North-West Academy of Public Administration" (2004), specialty - finance and credit.
Provides:
Implementation of the financial policy of the ministry, development and implementation of measures to ensure its sustainability.
Organization of drawing up long-term and current financial plans and estimates of the ministry;
Representation in the prescribed manner of the interests of the Ministry of Education and Science of the region in organizations, state authorities and local self-government, on issues within the competence of management;
Organization of work on the development of indicators for forecasting the socio-economic development of the region in education and science;
Work on monitoring compliance with financial discipline;
Supervises questions:
Financing of municipalities in the education sector and subordinate organizations;
The state of the property complex of the education system.
Terekhina Snezhana Anatolyevna - Deputy Minister - Head of the Department of General and Additional Education
Born November 30, 1966. Higher education. Graduated from the Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky (1988), specialty - Russian language and literature.
Provides:
Interaction with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and with municipalities on general education issues;
Forecasting the development of the general education system in the region;
Development and implementation of programs and projects in the field of general education;
Organizes professional competitions for teaching staff and the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren;
Profile training and career guidance issues for students of general education organizations;
Inclusive education of children with disabilities in educational institutions;
Special education, incl. recruiting and supervising boarding educational institutions, preparing personnel decisions, issues of rewarding, advanced training;
Interaction with municipal education authorities and heads of non-governmental educational organizations for the provision of general education;
Conducting state final certification of students of general education organizations;
Development of informatization in state and municipal educational institutions of the region;
Issues of assistance to municipal educational organizations in carrying out repair work, emergency measures.
Supervises issues related to the organization of transportation of children to the place of study and back by school buses.
Denis Zubov - Deputy Minister - Head of the Department of Professional Education and Science
Was born in 1987 in Kaluga. He graduated from the Faculty of History of the Kaluga State Pedagogical University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky. Graduated from the postgraduate study of the K.E. Tsiolkovsky. He worked as a teacher of history and social studies, director of the municipal educational institution "Basic secondary school No. 42" in the city of Kaluga, a specialist at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kaluga Region, director of the municipal budgetary educational institution "Secondary School No. 23" in the city of Kaluga.
Provides:
Functioning and development of the vocational education system in the Kaluga region;
Interaction with scientific organizations;
Supervision in the field of youth policy development in the Kaluga region;
Supervising the organization of recreation and health improvement for children and youth.
Tylkin Vladimir Vladimirovich - Head of the Department for the Regulation of Educational Activities
Was born in 1971 in Dresden. Graduated from the Kaluga State Pedagogical University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky with a degree in history and law. He worked as a teacher, deputy school director, specialist of the State Property Committee of the Kaluga Region and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Kaluga Region, deputy head and head of the education department of the city of Kaluga. He underwent professional retraining at the Russian State University for the Humanities under the program "Legal Support of Civil Service and Municipal Administration" with the right to conduct professional activities in the field of jurisprudence.
Provides:
Implementation of the state function of overseeing the implementation of legislation in the field of education.
Participation in the development and implementation of administrative regulations providing control and supervision in the field of education in the Kaluga region;
Organization and implementation of control activities in accordance with the plan for conducting field and documentary inspections, drawing up inspection reports;
Organization of licensing of educational activities, state accreditation of educational institutions (organizations).
Provision of public services for the confirmation of state documents on education, academic degrees and academic titles by affixing an apostille on them.
Artamonov Mikhail Alexandrovich - head of the youth policy department.
Born on July 18, 1984. Higher education. Graduated from Kaluga State University. K.E. Tsiolkovsky (2010), specialty - organization of work with youth.
Provides:
- implementation of the concept for the development of youth policy in the Kaluga region;
Organization of competitive events among the youth of the Kaluga region.
A new name has been added to the list of Russian education ministers. This event marked a number of changes in the Ministry of Education and Science. In August 2016, a new Minister of Education of Russia was appointed.
The post was taken by O. Yu. Vasilieva, who previously worked as a deputy. Head of the Public Projects Department of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. She was replaced by Dmitry Livanov, who had headed the department since 2012. Livanov was entrusted with the work of the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for trade and economic relations with Ukraine.
The Kremlin's assessment
The new Minister of Education of Russia Olga Vasilieva, while in her previous position as Deputy. Head of the President's Office, has established herself as a high-class expert in education and science. She is in constant dialogue with representatives of the professional community. As an official, she is distinguished by a particularly valuable quality - high efficiency. This is how the new appointment was commented on in an interview with TASS reporters as the head of the Presidential Administration for Public Projects Pavel Zenkovich.
The new Minister of Education and Science of Russia is “his own man” in the scientific and pedagogical and community; an excellent expert, knowledgeable about all the problems of this area from the inside, the official added.
According to P. Zenkovich, the appointment of Olga Vasilyeva to the post of minister is in a certain sense a loss for the Department, but at the same time an honor, since the President made a decision to entrust the Department's employee with such important tasks.
The official reminded the journalists that O. Vasilyeva started working in the Office from the very moment of its creation, that is, 3 and a half years ago. She took it upon herself to resolve issues related to the content of the education system. Earlier in the government, O. Vasilieva also dealt with education problems. She began her career as a school teacher. According to P. Zenkovich, Olga Vasilyeva perfectly manages to find a common language with many representatives of the scientific community and higher education.
Olga Vasilyeva's candidacy for the post of Minister of Education and Science was proposed to V. Putin by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who believed that this could intensify work in priority areas, including education. The President agreed with this proposal.
Acquaintance
O. Yu. Vasilieva is a Russian statesman, historian, religious scholar, teacher, doctor of historical sciences, professor, and a full state adviser of the Russian Federation of the 2nd class. She became the first woman in Russian history to hold the post of Minister of Education and Science.
In addition, since 2002, O. Vasilyeva has been the head of the department of state and confessional relations at the IGSU RANEPA, and is a professor at the Moscow University of Humanities and Economics.
Biography of the Minister of Education of Russia: early years
The future minister is born. 01/13/1960 in the city of Bugulma (Tatarstan) in a family of school teachers. From 1979 (after graduating from the conducting and choral department of the Institute of Culture in Moscow) to 1982 she worked as a singing teacher in the capital's schools.
In 1982, Olga Vasilyeva entered the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute at the evening department of the Faculty of History, in addition to her studies, she worked as a history teacher at Moscow School No. 91. In 1987, O. Vasilieva graduated from the institute and continued her education, enrolling in a postgraduate course at the Institute of History of the USSR.
Scientific activity
The biography of the Minister of Education of Russia Vasilyeva O. Yu. Contains a wealth of information about her scientific work. In 1990, under the supervision of G. Kumanev (Institute of History of the USSR) Olga Vasilieva defended her Ph.D. thesis. Her work was devoted to the relationship between the state and the Orthodox Church, as well as the patriotic activities of the Orthodox Church during the Second World War. The official opponents were: Cand. Historical Sciences Yu. Sharapov, V. G. Ovchinnikov. For the first time in Russian historiography, the history of the ROC and the relationship between church and state in the twentieth century was described.
In 1998, O. Vasilieva defended her doctoral dissertation on the recent history of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1991-2002, her place of work was the Center for the History of Church and Religion (Institute of Russian History, RAS). Here Vasilyeva O.V., starting from the position of junior. researcher, "grew up" to the head of the center. In 2002, she was appointed head of the department of state and confessional relations of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) under the President of the Russian Federation. In 2003, she began teaching at the theological seminary on Sretenka.
In 2007, Vasilyeva O. V. graduated from the diplomatic academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry (specialty: "international relations").
Publications
Vasilyeva O. Yu is the author of more than 160 scientific works. She is the supervisor of over 25 Ph.D. and 3 doctoral dissertations. Her research interests include the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 20th century, relations between the state and the church during the USSR, problems of international relations, religious and political extremism, etc. From 1989 to 2008, she co-authored more than 90 articles. on themes of theology.
In addition, Olga Vasilyeva is a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, chairman of the dissertation council on philosophy and anthropology, deputy. Chairman of the Dissertation Council on Theology under the President of the Russian Federation.
In public service
In February 2012, Vasiliev was appointed deputy. Director of the Department of Culture of the Government. In 2013, she took up the duties of deputy head of the department for public projects under the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.
In 2014, she acted as one of the initiators of the discussion on conservatism in the All-Russian Popular Front. In subsequent years, Vasilyeva O.V. worked as a member of the council for the preparation of programs for the course of national history at the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the commission for religious associations, the commission for the disabled, the council for covering religious topics in the media.
By presidential decree in September 2014, she was awarded the rank of Class 2 Active State Councilor. In August 2016, by presidential decree, she was appointed to the post of Minister of Education.
Resonance
This appointment caused a wide resonance in society, many famous people, representatives of the scientist, pedagogical and religious communities responded to it.
Religious and public figure Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev described the new Minister of Education as a person who knows many undiscovered pages of modern church history. In his opinion, the fears about the strengthening of clerical influences on the department after the appointment of Vasilyeva are completely groundless. Kuraev called the new minister a serious scientist. A similar assessment was given by the physicist Andrey Zayakin. The scientific competence of O. V. Vasilieva will not affect the business that she will be engaged in as a minister.
According to the director of the Institute of Civil Service and Management, Doctor of Laws Igor Bartsits, Vasilyeva is distinguished by the ability to adequately, balanced and calmly "hold" any audience, be it 17-year-old teenagers-bachelors, students or representatives of state administrative structures.
Ministers of Education of Russia
The Ministry of Education in Russia has existed since 1990. In March 2004, by a presidential decree, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation was created on the basis of this department. The ministers of education of Russia were appointed by the head of state and dealt with issues of providing affordable quality education for the population. Each of the officials who held this post was distinguished by a high level of competence and a desire, being in the position entrusted to him, to bring maximum benefit to the homeland. The ministers of education of Russia, in different years assuming the post, held it for different lengths of time. Their list, starting in 1990, consists of names:
- Eduard Dneprov. Joined the post in 1990. He served until December 1992, when he was appointed advisor to the President of the Russian Federation.
- Evgenia Tkachenko. He headed the ministry from December 1992 to August 1996.
- Vladimir Kinelev. He headed the department from August 1996 to February 1998.
- Alexandra Tikhonova. He was at the head of the ministry for a minimum period of 212 days, from March to September 1998. Resigned after the resignation of the government of S. Kirienko.
- Vladimir Filippov. He was appointed in September 1998, resigned in March 2004.
- Andrey Fursenko. Replaced predecessor in March 2004. He was in office longer than other ministers of education of Russia - as much as 2995 days, until May 2012.
- Dmitry Livanov. Came to the ministry in May 2012. In 2016, he was appointed special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for economic and trade relations with Ukraine.
His successor was Olga Vasilieva, who took office last August.
Reformatting
Immediately after the appointment of Vasilyeva to the post in August, changes began in the Ministry of Education and Science. Several deputies were dismissed by the new minister. In addition, there was a collective voluntary dismissal of a whole group of employees of the Department of Science.
In a relatively short period, several resignations were made in Vasilyeva's entourage. So far, only one appointment has taken place: in December last year, by order of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, a new Deputy Minister of Education of Russia was appointed. It was Irina Kuznetsova, a teacher of chemistry and biology by profession, with experience in 2 large Russian publishing houses.
Political scientists explain the change of personnel in the Ministry of Education and Science in two ways. Some see what is happening as a routine process for the selection of suitable employees by the new head of department. Others believe that significant changes may occur in the ministry in relation to science.
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