Mikhail Shvydkoy
Mikhail Shvydkoy | |
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Михаил Швыдкой | |
Shvydkoy in 2023 | |
| Special Presidential Envoy on International Cultural Cooperation | |
| Assumed office 31 July 2008 | |
| President | Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 8 February 2000 – 24 February 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Mikhail Kasyanov Viktor Khristenko (acting) |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Yegorov |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Sokolov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy September 5, 1948 Kant, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Russian Institute of Theatre Arts |
| Profession | Theatre critic, artistic director |
| Awards | State Prize of the Russian Federation, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of Friendship, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Merit of Ukraine, Legion of Honour, Ordre national du Mérite, Dostlug Order |
Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy (Russian: Михаи́л Ефи́мович Швыдко́й; born September 5, 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theater critic, drama, social and political activist. Laureate of the State Prize of Russia. The artistic director of the Moscow theater musical, supervisor of the Faculty of the Graduate School of cultural policy and management in the humanitarian sphere, Moscow State University.
Russian Minister of Culture February 8, 2000 – March 9, 2004. Chairman of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (June 30, 2004 – June 7, 2008).