Grigory Yavlinsky
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Grigory Alekseyevich Yavlinsky (Russian: Григо́рий Алексе́евич Явли́нский, romanized: Grigóriy Aleksyéyevich Yavlínskiy; born 10 April 1952) is a Russian economist and politician. He has held numerous positions in the Soviet and Russian governments across different levels, including in the State Duma.
Grigory Yavlinsky | |
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Григорий Явлинский | |
Leader of Yabloko | |
In office 1993–2008 | |
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | Sergey Mitrokhin |
Member of the State Duma | |
In office 11 January 1994 – 19 December 2003 | |
Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union as Deputy Chair of the Economic Operational Management Committee | |
In office 24 August 1991 – 25 December 1991 | |
Premier | Ivan Silayev |
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | office abolished |
Deputy Premier of the Russian SFSR | |
In office 14 June 1990 – 22 November 1990 Serving with others | |
Premier | Ivan Silayev |
Personal details | |
Born | (1952-04-10) 10 April 1952 (age 72) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Yabloko |
Spouse | Elena Yavlinskaya (b. 1951) |
Children | Mikhail (b. 1971) Aleksey (b. 1981) |
Signature | |
Website | http://yavlinsky.ru/ |
Yavlinsky was one of authors of the 500 Days Program, a plan for the transition of the Soviet regime to a free-market economy,[1] and is the former leader of the opposition Yabloko party. He has run three times for Russia's presidency. In 1996 he ran against Boris Yeltsin, finishing fourth with 7.3% of the vote.[2] In 2000 Yavlinsky ran against Vladimir Putin, finishing third with 5.8%.[3] In the 2012 presidential election he was prevented from running for president by Russian authorities, despite collecting the necessary 2 million signatures of Russian citizens for his candidacy.[4] Yavlinsky was Yabloko's candidate for Russian President in the 2018 presidential election, when he ran against Putin and got 1.05% of the vote, according to the results.[5] Many of the election results were not recognised by his party due to corroborated allegations of irregularities.
Yavlinsky holds a PhD in economics from the Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; his doctoral dissertation was entitled "The socio-economic system of Russia and the problem of its modernisation".[6] He is a professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.[7]