Sovetnikov Ivan Vasilyevich

Sovetnikov Ivan Vasilyevich

Biography

Ivan Vasilievich Sovetov was born on March 25, 1982 in Moscow.

Education

He graduated from Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in 2004. Specialty (qualification) in education, degree in law (lawyer); candidate of legal sciences.

Career

28.10.2004 - 14.11.2006 - expert specialist, consultant to the department of federal legislation on elections and referendums of the legal department of the apparatus of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

15.11.2006 - 16.02.2009 - consultant, head of the department, deputy head of the department for the organization of local self-government of the Ministry for Territorial Entities of the Moscow Region.

23.04.2009 - 17.03.2015 - Head of the Legal Department, Head of the Legal Department of the Federal Forestry Agency.

18.03.2015 - 13.03.2017 - Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Field of Forest Resources of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation

14.03.2017 - May 2020 - Chairman of the Forestry Committee of the Moscow Region.^[1]

2020

Candidate for the post of responsible for the digital transformation of Rosleskhoz

As of March 2020 - candidate for the position of responsible for digital transformation Rosleskhoz^[2]

Deputy Head of Rosleskhoz for Digital Transformation

On May 20, 2020, TAdviser became known that Ivan Sovetov was appointed deputy head of the Federal Forestry Agency for Digital Transformation (CDTO). The corresponding government order was published^[3] on the official portal of legal information.

In March, the Advisers took part in a meeting of CDTO and CDTO candidates with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

2021: Appointment to the post of head of Rosleskhoz

On April 13, 2021, Ivan Sovetnikov was appointed the new head of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz). The corresponding order was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the press service of the Cabinet reports.

To appoint Sovetnikov Ivan Vasilyevich as the head of the Federal Forestry Agency, relieving him of his post, "the document published on the website of the Government of the Russian Federation says.

Ivan Councilors appointed to the post of head of Rosleskhoz

The advisers were replaced by Sergei Anoprienko, who transferred to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (Ministry of Natural Resources), where he will work as deputy minister. The government's order on his appointment was also signed by Mikhail Mishustin in April 2021.

Before heading the Rosleskhoz, Ivan Sovetov was the deputy head of this department. In this position, he, among other things, oversaw the implementation of the departmental digital transformation program, as well as the implementation and maintenance of the unified state automated information system for accounting for wood and transactions with it, the press service of the Government of the Russian Federation notes.

The change of head of Rosleskhoz occurred two months after the Government of the Russian Federation approved the strategy for the development of the forest complex until 2030. It is assumed that the contribution of this industry to the country's economy by the specified year should double and amount to 1.14 trillion rubles. It was noted that the achievement of such an indicator will be possible with comprehensive work in a number of areas, such as digitalization of the industry.

A key role in the strategy, as emphasized in the Cabinet, is the reorientation of the industry from the export of raw timber to the production of high value-added products.^[4]

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