Dmitry Nikolayevich Patrushev (
Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Патрушев; born 13 October 1977) is a Russian banker and politician serving as the
Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture since May 2024. He previously served as
Minister of Agriculture of Russia from 2018 to 2024.[1]
On 16 April 2003, Patrushev defended his PhD dissertation on organizational and economic foundations of quality management in research organizations at the
Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance under G. N. Ivanova's supervision.[8] The official referents for the defense were B. V. Pryankov and P. M. Shavkunov.[9]
On 3 July 2008, he defended his Doctor of Sciences (DSc) dissertation in Economics at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.[10] The dissertation entitled "State and market regulators in the formation and implementation of industrial policy: The case of natural monopolies of the Fuel-Energy Complex"[11] was defended under the supervision of V. V. Korelin; the official referents were V. V. Glukhov, A. V. Kruglov and S. A. Uvarov.[12]
Since 2007, he has held the position of senior Vice President of VTB Bank.[17]
From 2010 to 2018, he was Chairman of the Board and member of the Supervisory Board of the
Russian Agricultural Bank.[18] During Patrushev's chairmanship, the bank extended the variety of products and services offered to individuals and businesses. New insurance and investment business lines were established, and the bank increased its support for the agro-industrial complex. Moreover, from 2010 to 2017, Russian Agricultural Bank's loan portfolio qudripled. In 2017, its amount was estimated to be 2.97 trillion rubles.[19]
From 2016 to 2021, he was a member of the
Gazprom Board of Directors.[20][21]
Minister of Agriculture
On 18 May 2018, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture.[22] On 21 January 2020, he was re-appointed for this post in
Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet.[23] Under the direction of Patrushev, the state program "Integrated Development of Rural Areas" was implemented. By the end of 2020, it covered 82 regions of the Russian Federation and affected 6 million people.[24]
His mother, Elena Nikolaevna Patrusheva (born 1955), worked as a doctor of ultrasound diagnostics and was an employee of Vnesheconombank. In 1993, together with Boris Gryzlov and other classmates and coworkers of her husband, she became a founder of Borg LLP, which specialized in exporting scrap metal.[41]
Patrushev has a brother, Andrey, known as the former Deputy General Director for offshore project development at Gazprom Neft and former General Director of Gazprom Neft Shelf.[42] As of 2021, Andrey Patrushev has been working as Director General of the Arctic Initiatives Center.[43][44]
Awards
Order of Honour (26 October 2016) - for contributing to the organization of credit support of the agro-industrial complex[45]
Medal "For Services to the Chechen Republic" (26 December 2017)[46]
Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic (15 April 2022)[47]
Certificate of Merit of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation - for continuous and conscientious work in the agricultural sector[48][49]
Diploma of the Association of Russian Banks - for contributing to the development of the Russian banking system[50][51]
Industry Award "Banker of the Year" (2015)[52][53]
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