Boris Kovalchuk

Boris Kovalchuk
Борис Ковальчук
Kovalchuk in 2024
5th Chairman of the Accounts Chamber
Assumed office
14 May 2024
Preceded byAlexei Kudrin
Galina Izotova (acting)
Personal details
Born (1977-12-01) 1 December 1977
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
ParentYury Kovalchuk
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law

Boris Yuryevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Бори́с Ю́рьевич Ковальчу́к; born 1 December 1977) is a Russian official who has served as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia since 2024.[1] He is a son of Yury Kovalchuk.

Since April 20, 2006, he has led the Department of the Russian Government's Staff for implementation of the National Priority Projects.[2]

Biography

Kovalchuk was born on December 1, 1977, in Leningrad, which was then part of the Russian SFSR.[3] His father is Yury Kovalchuk, who has been known to be a longtime associate of Vladimir Putin.[3] In 1999 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University.[4] After graduating he worked until 2006 as a legal consultant at the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Research Institute "Granit", which supplies telecommunications equipments while also from 2003 to 2006 being a member of the audit commission of the Rossiya Bank which his father owns.[3] In addition, durig this time, he was executive director of the non-profit "League of Honorary Consuls", director of the North-West Consulting Company, head of Consult LLC, and head of the management company "Investment Culture" which built ski resorts in Leningrad region.[5]

On March 9, 2006, he was appointed assistant in the secretariat of then First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev.[5] In November 2009 he was appointed Acting Chairman of the Management Board of Inter RAO, after Yevgeny Dod went to the board of RusHydro.[6] In the summer of 2010 he was approved as the full-time chairman of Inter RAO, which he did until March 2024.[7]

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War. [8]

In December 2022 the EU sanctioned Boris Kovalchuk in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Совфед назначил Бориса Ковальчука председателем Счетной палаты РФ". TACC. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Борис Ковальчук о будущем нацпроектов". Российская газета (in Russian). 21 April 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Чем известен Борис Ковальчук". Kommersant (in Russian). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Ковальчук, Борис Юрьевич". ТАСС. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Ковальчук Борис Юрьевич - фото, цитаты, биография". neftegaz.ru. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Борис Ковальчук назначен и.о. председателя правления "Интер РАО ЕЭС"". РИА Новости (in Russian). 26 November 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Борис Ковальчук уходит из «Интер РАО»". Ведомости (in Russian). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  8. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. ^ "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022". Retrieved 8 February 2023.