Boris Fyodorov

Boris Grigoryevich Fyodorov (Russian Борис Григорьевич Фёдоров; born February 13, 1958 in Moscow, † November 20, 2008 in London) was a Russian economist and politician.

Career

Fedorov studied economics at the Moscow Financial Institute and was awarded his doctorate with an economic work. He has published over 200 scientific papers.

In 1990 he was Minister of Finance of the Russian SFSR. After his resignation, he was from 1991 to 1992 worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was director at the World Bank in 1992. From 1993 to 1994 he was again the Russian Minister of Finance, 1994-1998 Member of the Russian Duma. In 1998, he headed the Russian tax authorities and was deputy prime minister.

In 1994, he founded the United Financial Group UFG, an investment bank based in London; he sold in 2005 to the German bank and was a partner of the new UFG Private Equity since 2006. UFG is one of the major direct investors in Russia. He was a member of several supervisory boards, including Gazprom, Sberbank and Ingosstrach.

He died of a stroke. His grave is in the cemetery Trojekurowo in Moscow.