Dmitry Patrushev

Dmitry Nikolayevich Patrushev (; born 13 October 1977) is a Russian banker and politician serving as the deputy prime minister for agriculture since May 2024. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture of Russia from 2018 to 2024.

Dmitry Patrushev is the son of Nikolai Patrushev, former director of FSB and secretary of the Russian Security Council. Nikolai Patrushev is a trusted member of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's inner circle. The two have known each other since the 1970s.

At the age of 32, Patrushev was made chairman of the fourth-largest bank in Russia, the Russian Agricultural Bank.

In 1999, he graduated from the State University of Management with a degree in management. In 2006, he graduated from the FSB Academy.

On 16 April 2003, Patrushev defended his PhD dissertation on organizational and economic foundations of quality management in research organizations at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance under G. N. Ivanova's supervision. The official referents for the defense were B. V. Pryankov and P. M. Shavkunov.

On 3 July 2008, he defended his Doctor of Sciences (DSc) dissertation in Economics at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.

Business career From 1999 to 2002, he worked in the Ministry of Transport.

Since 2007, he has held the position of senior vice president of VTB bank.

From 2010 to 2018, he was chairman of the board and member of the supervisory board of the Russian Agricultural Bank.

According to Vedomosti, with the arrival of Dmitry Patrushev at RSHB, 1,500 criminal cases were initiated, 68 of which were against bank employees, including 11 against department heads. The total damage from their actions was estimated at 23.5 billion rubles.

After the previous management-team left, Patrushev focused on recovering problematic loans. The issue was not fully resolved, but by 2018, their share had decreased to 18% compared to 27% at the beginning of 2013.

From 2016 to 2021, he was a member of the Gazprom board of directors. Since 2018, he has served as chairman of the supervisory board of Russian Agricultural Bank JSC.

Political career

Minister of Agriculture On 18 May 2018, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture. On 21 January 2020, he was re-appointed for this post in Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet. Under the direction of Patrushev, the state program "Integrated Development of Rural Areas" was implemented, within its framework, agricultural mortgage was launched.

In 2020, for the first time in its post-Soviet history, Russia became a net exporter of food. A total of 79 million tons of agricultural products and food were supplied abroad, amounting to $30.7 billion, while imports stood at $29.7 billion. By 2023, the export of food products and agricultural raw materials had reached $43.1 billion. In the government, he oversees agriculture, the agro-industrial complex, and environmental issues.

Personal life Dmitry Patrushev has never been formally married, and has six illegitimate children: three sons and three daughters.

His father, Nikolay Platonovich Patrushev, is a Russian statesman. He held the post of director of the Federal Security Service of Russia from 1999 to 2008. From 12 May 2008 until 12 May 2024, he was secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

His mother, Elena Nikolaevna Patrusheva (born 1955), worked as a doctor of ultrasound diagnostics and was an employee of Vnesheconombank. In 1993, together with Boris Gryzlov and other classmates and coworkers of her husband, she became a founder of Borg LLP, which specialized in exporting scrap metal. As of 2021, Andrey Patrushev has been working as director general of the Arctic Initiatives Center.

Awards Order of Honour (26 October 2016) - for contributing to the organization of credit support of the agro-industrial complex Medal "For Services to the Chechen Republic" (26 December 2017) Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic (15 April 2022) Certificate of Merit of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation - for continuous and conscientious work in the agricultural sector Diploma of the Association of Russian Banks - for contributing to the development of the Russian banking system Industry Award "Banker of the Year" (2015)