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Ravil Ulfatovich Maganov (25 September 1954 – 1 September 2022) was a Russian oligarch who was the chairman of the national oil company Lukoil.

Early life and education

Maganov was born in Almetyevsk, Tatar ASSR, in the Soviet Union (now Tatarstan, Russia) on 25 September 1954.

He graduated from the Moscow State University of Oil and Gas in 1977.

His father Ulfat Maganov was the senior engineer of the Almetyevsk field and geophysical office of the Tatneftegeofizika trust, and from 1978 to 1998 he headed the Almetyevsk department of geophysical works. His younger brother Nail is a businessman and politician who is the head of the Russian oil producer Tatneft.

Career

Ravil Maganov joined Lukoil shortly after the company was founded in November 1991. He was a close associate of one Lukoil's founders Vagit Alekperov. According to the company, it was he who imagined and proposed the name Lukoil. In 2019, he received the Order of Alexander Nevsky from Russian president Vladimir Putin. He was appointed chairman of the board of directors in 2020.

Political views

Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, Lukoil's board of directors, headed by Maganov, issued a statement calling for a quick end to the conflict, describing it as a "tragedy" and expressed sympathy to its victims.

Death

On 1 September 2022, Maganov allegedly "died after falling from a sixth-floor window at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital". He had reportedly been hospitalized due to a heart attack. Some media have hypothesized a connection with other 2022 Russian businessmen mystery deaths. Russian state news agency TASS reported the death as a suicide and claimed that he had been taking antidepressants. Russian news site Baza, which has close ties with the police, suggested that Maganov may have fallen from a balcony while smoking. It also claimed that CCTV footage was not available because cameras had been "turned off for repairs". President Vladimir Putin had visited the hospital to pay respects to Mikhail Gorbachev on the day of Maganov's death.