The key facts

  • Mishustin signed an order appointing Kadochnikov as Deputy Finance Minister
  • According to Siluanov, Kadochnikov will handle the budget and interbudgetary relations
  • The vacant post appeared after Irina Okladnikova moved to the government staff

The order has been signed

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order appointing Pavel Kadochnikov as Deputy Finance Minister. The document has been published on the government's official portal: “To appoint Pavel Anatolyevich Kadochnikov as Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.” This was reported by Gazeta.Ru.

What is known about the position and the candidate

The vacancy in the Finance Ministry's leadership appeared after Irina Okladnikova moved to the post of Deputy Prime Minister — head of the government staff: as Interfax wrote, the Finance Ministry nominated Kadochnikov for the post of First Deputy Minister. Speaking about which area he would oversee, even before the order was signed, the head of the ministry Anton Siluanov said at a plenary session of the State Duma on October 29: according to him, if appointed, Kadochnikov would handle the budget and interbudgetary relations.

Biography

From 2016 to 2018, Kadochnikov headed the Center for Strategic Research (CSR). Publications do not report on his other positions or on who will fill the posts vacated as a result of the reshuffle.