Vladimir Mau | |
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Владимир Мау | |
Born | Vladimir Aleksandrovich Mau 29 December 1959 |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Doctor of Economics, Doctor of Philosophy |
Title | The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Rector |
Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Honour (Russia), Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Plekhanov Moscow Institute of National Economy |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Economics |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Mau (born December 29,1959) is a Russian economist,scientist,and teacher. Since 2010 to 2023 he has served as the rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). During his career,he was a member of many advisory and scientific councils and commissions. Currently,he is a member of the Presidium of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. [1]
In 2022,Mau was accused for embezzlement in Marina Rakova Case and placed under home arrest. In 2024,started working as a senior researcher at The Center for Russian Studies in Tel Aviv University,Israel.
In 1981,Mau graduated from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics with a degree in State Economics Planning. In 1986,he completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. [2] [3]
In 1994,Mau defended his doctoral thesis on theory and ideology of Russian State Economic Policies in the first quarter of the XX century. Two years later,he became a professor. In 1999,he received a PhD from Pierre Mendès-France University in applied economics. [2]
In 1981-1991,Mau was a researcher at the Institute of Economics of RAS. [2] There he met Alexei Kudrin and Yegor Gaidar,who were building a team of liberal reformers. [3]
In 1990-1992,Mau was a laboratory head at the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy . By 1991,the organization was renamed into the Institute of Economy of the Transitional Period. Up to 1997,Mau was its vice director. He actively contributed to the development and implementation of the Yeltsin-Gaidar Government Reforms . [4] In particular,in March 1992,Mau was appointed advisor to Yegor Gaidar,who became the Russian Prime Minister. Gaidar’s team implemented important reforms in state administration and conducted a price liberalization program that was later nick-named ‘shock therapy’. It included liberalization of pricing,international trade,taxation reform,etc. [5] [6] In the following years,Mau wrote scientific publications based on this experience,on many occasions he gave comments to the media regarding the ‘shock therapy’. [7] Mau stayed Gaidar’s advisor even when he left the Prime Minister post and headed the State Duma’s fraction DemChoice. [3]
In 1996,Mau hosted one of the first Russian news-analytical TV program on Channel One Russia. [8]
From September 8,1997,to May 16,2002,Mau was head of the Working Center for Economic Reforms under the Government of the Russian Federation. [9] [10] The Center was established in 1991,it developed programs of economic liberalization and produced reports on current social and economical situations and their tendencies for the Ministry of Economic Development. At that time,Mau prepared analytical reports on the investment climate for the Center for Strategic Research. [11]
On May 14,2002,Mau was elected rector of the RANEPA,his appointment was confirmed by a decree of the government of the Russian Federation. [12] Later,Mau was reelected. When in 2010 RANEPA was merged with the Russian Academy of State Service and 12 regional state service academies,Mau was appointed director of this new united educational institution. He was reelected twice,in December 2015 and May 2020. [13] Under Mau,the institution implemented programs of regional scientific and technological development, [14] digital transformation of federal executive bodies, [15] and other administrative projects. In 2008,Mau became one of the founders and trustees of the Stanford Russian-American Forum. [16] [17] [18] In two years,he co-founded RANEPA business incubator. [19] Under Mau,RANEPA founded its Project Management Center in 2016, [20] and the Center for Interdisciplinary Human Research in 2021. [21] Mau participates in Presidential Academy summer camps,for instance,in Tatarstan he assessed renovation initiatives of local government. [22] [23] As a rector,he took part in the organization of the all-Russian student competition ‘Sustainable future of Russia’, [24] Leaders of Russia (competition) [25] and the international Global Management Challenge. [26]
At the same time,Mau kept working as an economist,consultant,and public activist. In 2003,he was elected member of the Russian Center for Political Research. [27] In 2010,he entered Sberbank's review board,and three years later Mau was elected its head. At the same time,he chaired Sberbank's audit committee and joined the Human Resource committee. [28] [29] By 2011,as an independent director he joined Gazprom's Executive Board, [4] in two years he also became a member of nominating and audit committees. Through the years,he was a member of executive boards at Prosvesheniye (Russian publishing house) and Severstal;he directed the Center for Strategic Research,as well as some other organizations. [30] [2]
Since 2010,Mau has been moderating scientific open talks at the Gaidar Forum . [31] [32] He often was an expert speaker himself,for instance,on multiple occasions he discussed on-going economic and political trends with Nicolas Sarkozy. [33] [34] [35]
Throughout his career,Mau has worked as a scientist,educator,and consultant. His area of expertise includes the Economic Theory,its history,and national economy. [36] In particular,he managed projects on comparative analysis of Russia and developed countries, [37] [38] studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. [39] [40]
As an expert,Vladimir Mau frequently addresses the Ministry of Education's public council with reports on economics and higher education development, [41] he is an active speaker at St. Petersburg and Sochi Economic Forums. [42] [43] As an expert,he discussed challenges of monotown transformation,taxation and economic reforms. [44] [45] In 2013,Mau entered the jury of the contest for the best project of an International Financial Center in Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye . [46] He advocated for income tax cancellation for low-income citizens, [47] reasonable support of the volatile rouble exchange rate to ensure a better investment climate, [48] 2013 reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences, [49] deeper integration of Russia into global economics as an effective tool against sanctions. [50] He publicly criticized the privatization of the state property that was scheduled for 2020-2022. [51]
Under his management,RANEPA Siberian branches were reformed in 2021. [52]
Through the years,Mau was a member of numerous expert councils and committees,some of which are listed below:
Over the years,Mau was a chair of public councils under the Russian Economic Development Ministry, [68] the Federal Service for Labour and Employment, [69] the Federal Taxation Service,and others. [70] As an expert,in 2017 he voted for an increase in the retirement age,he recommended raising the Value-added tax and,on the contrary,reducing deductions to social security funds. He strongly discouraged short-term stimulation of economics planned by the government in 2017-2025. [71] [72] [73] In 2010-2019,Mau participated in meetings and assessed the Federal Taxation Service performance,as well as the ‘Association of the Innovative Regions of Russia’. [74] [75]
Author of more than 20 books and over 600 articles published in scientific magazines,journals,and newspapers in Russia,England,France,Germany and Italy,including:
In 2022,Mau faced charges in Marina Rakova Case,together with Shaninka rector Sergey Zuev and some other top-ranking Russian educators. For alleged embezzlement,Sergey Zuev was arrested in October 2021. Despite his grave health condition,Zuev was kept in a detention facility with no proper medical care. On June 28,Mau's Moscow apartment was raided by law enforcement,he was arrested on June 30. [88] [89] [90]
As revealed on June 30 hearings,the testimony against Mau was given by Marina Rakova and her assistant Eugene Zak. Mau was charged under article 159,part. 4,of the Russian Criminal Code for alleged embezzlement of 21 mln roubles in 2017-2018. The maximum penalty under these charges is 10 years of prison. [88] [91] On July 12,RANEPA vice-rector Ivan Fedotov was arrested in the same case. According to the prosecution,in 2017-2018 Mau and Fedotov fictitiously employed 12 persons,resulting in 21 mln roubles losses of state money. [92] [93] Mau denied all charges and called them absurd. [94]
On August 4,2022,Marina Rakova pleaded guilty and,ready to compensate for all losses,she asked the court to move her under home arrest,though the court denied. [95]
In October 2022,the criminal case against Mau was dropped. [96]
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