Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (born December 21, 1937 , Leningrad ) is a Russian economist and banker, financier. Honorary Professor . The only person in Russia who headed the country's main bank four times (twice the USSR State Bank (was withdrawn 3 days after August 21, 1991) and twice the Bank of Russia ) [1] .
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| Predecessor | Nikolai Viktorovich Garetovsky | ||||||||
| Successor | position abolished | ||||||||
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| Predecessor | Georgy Gavrilovich Matyukhin | ||||||||
| Successor | Tatyana Vladimirovna Paramonova | ||||||||
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| Predecessor | Sergey Konstantinovich Dubinin | ||||||||
| Successor | Sergey Mikhailovich Ignatiev | ||||||||
| Birth | December 21, 1937 (81 years old) Leningrad , RSFSR , USSR | ||||||||
| Father | Vladimir Sergeyevich Gerashchenko (1905-1995) | ||||||||
| Mother | Anastasia Vasilyevna Gerashchenko (Klinova) (1904-1980) | ||||||||
| Spouse | Nina Aleksandrovna Gerashchenko (Drozdkova) | ||||||||
| Children | Tatyana and Konstantin | ||||||||
| The consignment | CPSU (1963-1991) | ||||||||
| Education | Moscow financial institute | ||||||||
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Biography
| Voice recording V.V. Gerashchenko | |
From an interview with Echo of Moscow September 27, 2011 | |
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Born in the family of a banker. Father - Vladimir Sergeyevich Gerashchenko , in 1948-1958 was the first deputy chairman of the board of the USSR State Bank . According to the banker S. Egorov , “Gerashchenko Sr. was a block of banking, a man of high erudition and the broadest views” [2] . Mother - Gerashchenko (Klinova) Anastasia Vasilievna. The family also had three sisters (Valentina, Galina, Irina) and a brother (Anatoly).
After graduating from the Moscow Financial Institute in 1960, he began his career as an accountant in the USSR State Bank . In 1961, he became an accountant at Vneshtorgbank of the USSR , then was appointed an inspector, then an expert at the Office of External and Internal Settlements, and was the head of a department of the Office of Currency and Cash Transactions of Vneshtorgbank of the USSR. Since 1965 he became one of the directors of Moscow Narodny Bank in London .
In 1967-1972 he worked as deputy manager, since 1969 - the manager of the branch of the Moscow People's Bank in Beirut in Lebanon .
In 1972-1974, he served as deputy head of the department of Vneshtorgbank of the USSR.
In 1974-1977, he served as chairman of the board of Ost ‑ West Nandelsbank (Frankfurt, Germany).
In 1977-1982 he was the managing director of the Moscow People's Bank in the Republic of Singapore .
In 1982, he was appointed head of the foreign exchange department, and then deputy chairman of the board of the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR (since July 1988 - Vnesheconombank ).
From 1983 to 1985, he served as deputy chairman of the Bank for foreign trade of the USSR. In 1985 he became the first deputy chairman of the board of Vneshtorgbank of the USSR. In 1988, he was appointed first deputy chairman of the board of the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR.
Chairman of the State Bank of the USSR in 1989 - 1991 [3] .
Member of the CPSU ( 1963 - 1991 ), from 1990 to 1991 - member of the Central Committee of the CPSU .
In 1992, he was appointed head of the Monetary Policy Department of the Reform International Fund for Economic and Social Reforms.
From November 1992 to October 1994, he was Chairman of the Bank of Russia . [four]
From March 16 to December 25, 1993, as the head of the Bank of Russia, he was a member of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation [5] .
In 1993, he was appointed ambassador of Russia to the Council of the Interstate Bank of the CIS. In the same year he was elected Chairman of the Council of the Interstate Bank of the CIS (MGB).
On October 11, 1994, he was forced to resign as chairman of the Bank of Russia due to criticism of the bank’s leadership, manipulation of the ruble to replenish the federal budget at the expense of the Bank of Russia: first organizing a landslide depreciation of the ruble , and then quickly restored it ( black tuesday and red thursday).
In 1994-1995 he worked as an adviser at the Research Institute of Banks of the Bank of Russia (Research Institute of Banks of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation).
In 1996-1998 he was chairman of the board of the International Moscow Bank .
In November 1998, he was appointed manager of Russia at the International Monetary Fund, in August 2000 he was relieved of this position.
On September 11, 1998, he again took up the post of Chairman of the Bank of Russia, in March 2002, resigned and was released by the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation.
After his dismissal, he worked for a year at a research institute of the Bank of Russia as a senior research fellow.
On December 7, 2003, he was elected to the State Duma of the fourth convocation on the federal list of the Rodina electoral association (People’s Patriotic Union).
In January 2004, he was nominated as a candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation from the Party of Russian Regions political party (he was refused registration from the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation ).
At the beginning of June 2004, after the arrest of M. Khodorkovsky , he accepted the proposal of the management of NK Yukos and headed the board of directors of the company, resigning as a deputy [1] [6] . In August 2006, NK Yukos was declared bankrupt, and the procedure for its liquidation began.
Gerashchenko is a senior researcher at the Research Institute of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Member of the international advisory board of AFK Sistema . Fluent in English.
He has an honorary doctorate in economics and an honorary professorship. Honorary Doctor of Economics, Moscow Finance Academy [7] .
December 21, 2012, on the day of his 75th birthday, Gerashchenko held a press conference on the theme “Russia and money. What awaits Russia? ” In an invitation sent to the guests to celebrate the anniversary, Viktor Vladimirovich asked not to give him presents, but instead to help the Chulpan Khamatova charity fund “ Give Life ”, which is raising funds for the fight against childhood malignant tumors [8] .
Ratings
- In banking and financial circles, Gerashchenko’s high authority in the professional environment, his courage in making difficult decisions, a sense of humor and a juicy, figurative language are noted [9] .
- Journalists call Gerashchenko a “legendary man” and also note his specific sense of humor [1] .
- To convey the accuracy of thought, Gerashchenko sometimes uses obscene language in public interviews, for which his wife scolded him [1] .
- The American economist Jeffrey Sachs called Gerashchenko “the worst central banker in the world” [10] .
Family
Married. Wife Nina Alexandrovna, economist by education. The spouses have a daughter, Tatyana, and a son, Konstantin [7] . He lives in a country house in the suburbs [1] .
Rewards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (twice)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Order of Honor ( 1998 ) - for services to the state and many years of conscientious work
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree
- Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” III degree ( 2000 ) - for a great personal contribution to the development of the domestic banking system [11]
- Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- Medal "For Labor Valor"
- Anniversary medal "300 years of the Russian fleet" ( 1996 )
- Medal “In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow”
- Peter the Great National Public Award (May 2001)
See also
- 1998 default
- Dubinin, Sergey Konstantinovich
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 “They are naive guys” - Slon.ru
- ↑ Krotov N. Sergey Egorov: “People who work in a bank must understand the beauty ...”
- ↑ Resolution of the Council of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated December 26, 1991 No. 144 — N on relieving V. Gerashchenko of the duties of Chairman of the USSR State Bank.
- ↑ Resolution of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation of November 4, 1992 No. 3801-I “On the appointment of V. Gerashchenko as Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation”
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 16, 1993 No. 349
- ↑ Victor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko. Curriculum Vitae | RIA News
- ↑ 1 2 Victor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko. Curriculum Vitae | RIA News
- ↑ Vesti.Ru: Victor Gerashchenko turns 75
- ↑ Association of Regional Banks of Russia | Detail (broken link)
- ↑ Sachs JD The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. P. 141.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 17, 2000 No. 1513 “On awarding the Order“ For Merit to the Fatherland ”of the III degree Gerashchenko V.V.” . // Official website of the President of Russia. Date of treatment August 22, 2016.
Literature
- Gerashchenko V.V. Russia and money. What awaits us? - M .: Astrel: Rus-Olympus, 2009 .-- 221 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-271-22851-3 .
- Krotov N.I. Life and amazing adventures of banker Viktor Gerashchenko, son of banker Vladimir Gerashchenko, told by himself, his friends and colleagues, listened carefully and recorded by the chronicler Nikolai Krotov . - M .: ANO "Economic Chronicle", 2010. - 583 p. - (Economic Chronicle of Russia: ELR). - ISBN 978-5-903388-18-9 .
Links
- Gerashchenko, Victor - an article in the Lentapedia . year 2012.
- Gerashchenko Victor Vladimirovich, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
- Gerashchenko Victor Vladimirovich. "Homeland" - members of the party "Homeland" (inaccessible link)
- Victor Gerashchenko. Children's instinct (memories of Victor Gerashchenko about a military childhood)
- Interviews and Speeches
- Interview of Victor Gerashchenko radio " Echo of Moscow "
- Article by Viktor Gerashchenko “Tasks facing Russia” by the Internet newspaper “ Kasparov.Ru ”
- Victor Gerashchenko: portrait against the backdrop of the Yukos affair. Interview. The Seagull Magazine
- Dialog weekly program on RBC channel with Victor Gerashchenko