Artem Sheikin

Artem Sheikin

Artem Sheikin was born on March 25, 1980 in Belogorsk, Amur region. In 2001 he graduated from Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University with a degree in physical education and sports teacher. In 2004 he completed his studies at the North-Western Academy of Public
Service as an economist. In 2012 he received a diploma in management from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. He returned to RANEPA later, completing bachelor’s degree in 2019 and master’s degree in 2021.He defended his PhD thesis for the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

From 2001 to 2008 he worked in top management positions in various companies. From 2008 to 2010 he taught atSt. Petersburg Academy of Management and Economics, and from 2014 to 2015 he was associate professor of enterprise economics and production management department at St. Petersburg State University of Economics.

He began his career in public administration in 2010 when he took up the position of leading advisor to the group ensuring the activities of deputy head in the presidential affairs office in St. Petersburg, which he held for five years. From 2015 to 2017 he served as founder and chairman of the executive committee of the public movement “Development of Public Spaces” in St. Petersburg. Additionally, in 2015 he became founder of the Wrestling Federation of St. Petersburg and established the Fund for Support of Talented Youth “Future Leaders”. From 2017 to 2019 he occupied the post of adviser to the Governor of St. Petersburg.

In 2020- 2021 he returned to his native Amur region where he volunteered as adviser to the governor. In 2021 he was elected Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Amur Region and then Senator of the Russian Federation representing the legislative body of state power of Amur Region.

Currently, he serves as First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building of the Federation Council, representative from the legislative body of state power of Amur Region, Deputy Chairman of the Digital Economy Development Council under the RF Federation Council, Head of sections “Ensuring Technological Sovereignty and Information Security of Russia”, “Digital Transformation of Transport” of the Digital Economy Development Council under the RF Federation Council, coordinates work of sections “Artificial Intelligence”, “Promotion of Russian Digital Products and Platforms”, “Industrial Digitization”, “Digital Transformation of Construction and Housing-Communal Services” of the Digital Economy Development Council under the RF Federation Council, member of several working groups and commissions under the Federation Council and State Duma.

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    Federation Council of the Russian Federation
  • Profession
    Senator
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