Igor Sechin
Igor Ivanovich Sechin (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Се́чин; born 7 September 1960) is a Russian oligarch and a government official, considered a close ally and "de facto deputy" of Vladimir Putin.
Igor Sechin | |
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Игорь Сечин | |
Sechin in 2020 | |
| Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft | |
| Assumed role 23 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Eduard Khudainatov |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 12 May 2008 – 21 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Igor Ivanovich Sechin 7 September 1960 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Spouse(s) | Marina Sechina (div. 2011) Olga Rozhkova
(m. 2012; div. 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Moscow, Russia |
| Salary | ~$17,500,000 (2014) |
Sechin has been a confidant of Russian leader Vladimir Putin since the early 1990s. Sechin was chief of staff to Putin when he was the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg in 1994. When Putin became President in 2000, Sechin became his deputy chief of staff, overseeing security services and energy issues in Russia. Putin appointed Sechin as chairman of Rosneft, the Russian state oil company in 2004. He was as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in Vladimir Putin's cabinet from 2008 to 2012. He is currently the chief executive officer, president and chairman of the management board of Rosneft.
Sechin is often described as one of Putin's most conservative counselors and the leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki faction, a lobby gathering former security services agents. He has been sanctioned by some foreign governments following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His nickname is Darth Vader.