Alexei Leonidvich Kudrin was born in Daubel, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, on June 1960+12 10. 1983 graduated from the Department of Economics of Leningrad State University and later from the Institute of Economics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Before he was admitted to Leningrad University, he worked as an automobile mechanic and practical teaching lecturer in the engine laboratory of Leningrad, the Institute of Rear and Transportation of the Soviet Ministry of Defense. After graduating from the Economics Department of Leningrad University, he worked as a trainee researcher at the Institute of Social and Economic Issues of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He cooperated with some economists to establish a free enterprise zone in Leningrad, and then met Putin and became good friends during his work in Leningrad Executive Committee and St. Petersburg. From 65438 to 0994, he served as the first deputy mayor of St. Petersburg and chairman of the economic and financial committee, and resigned after losing the election in Boesak, Anatolia. 1996 Kudrin was elected deputy director of the Russian president's office.

From 65438 to 0997, he served as the first deputy minister of the Russian Ministry of Finance.

1In May 1997, Kudrin was appointed as the Russian representative to the International Monetary Fund. In the same month, he was appointed deputy representative of Russia to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. June 1998,165438+1October to September 1999, was appointed as the Russian representative of Russia and Belarus.

1999 65438+1At the beginning of October, due to the internal reform of the Ministry of Finance, Kudrin submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister and was approved. After resigning, he served as the first vice chairman of the Russian "unified force" joint-stock company. 1999 was appointed as the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance in July.

In May 2000, President Putin appointed Kudrin as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, responsible for the government's financial work and economic policies, forecasting the national and socio-economic situation, and formulating national financial plans, credit and tax policies.

From June 5, 2008 to February 2002, Kudrin was elected Chairman of the National Banking Committee and was appointed Minister of Finance in September 2004. June 2005 65438-1October 065438 joined the State Investment Project Committee.

In August 2006, Kudrin submitted the federal budget for 2007 to the government. In this budget, it is proposed to control the export income of oil at 2.8% of GDP to reflect the independence of resources in the budget. At the same time, he also suggested that most of the oil and gas export income should be stored in the form of oil and gas reserves or stabilization funds, which was adopted by the government and passed by the State Duma.

After Medvedev was elected president in 2008, Kudrin retained his original post and continued to serve as finance minister and deputy prime minister.

During the global economic crisis in 2008-2009, Kudrin predicted and commented on Russia's financial situation many times. In 2008, he predicted that Russia would face a large-scale investment tide and remain a safe haven for investors in times of crisis. In 2009, he made a series of pessimistic predictions that the country would face economic recession.

Kudrin is an associate professor of economics, an honorary professor of the Department of Economics of St. Petersburg State University (2002), and the chairman of the Finance Committee. He has written 15 scientific works on the Soviet Union's transitional economy and anti-monopoly.