Mikhail Kasyanov

Personal Profile: 1981-90: Engineer; Leading Economist; Senior Specialist; Head of Section, Department of Foreign Economic Relations of the State Planning Committee of the RSFSR. 1990, appointed Head of Section, Sub-department of Foreign Economic Relations of the State Planning Committee of the RSFSR. 1991, Deputy Head, Sub-department, then Head, Sub-department of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation. 1992-93, Head, Consolidation Department of the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation. 1993-95, Head, Department of Foreign Credits and External Debt of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and Member of the Board of the Ministry of Finance. 1995, appointed Deputy Minister of Finance; 1999, appointed First Deputy Minister of Finance; May 1999, appointed Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation; January 2000, appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Since May 2000, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.