Arkady Dvorkovich

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Arkady Dvorkovich
Аркадий Дворкович
President of FIDE
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 2018
Preceded by	Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office 21 May 2012 – 7 May 2018
Prime Minister	Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Igor Sechin
Succeeded by	Alexey Gordeyev
Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation
In office May 2008 – May 2012
President	Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Unknown
Succeeded by	Konstantin Chuychenko
Personal details
Born	Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich (1972-03-26) 26 March 1972 (age 52) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University New Economic School Duke University

Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich (Russian: Арка́дий Влади́мирович Дворко́вич; born 26 March 1972)^[1] is a Russian politician and economist, currently serving as the president of the International Chess Federation, FIDE. He was Deputy Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet from 21 May 2012 until 7 May 2018. He was previously an Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation from May 2008 to May 2012. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[2]

Dvorkovich was considered to be a close confidant of Dmitry Medvedev^[3] and an important figure in Russian politics. He rose to prominence during Medvedev's presidency but has suffered from the resurgence of Igor Sechin.^[4] From 2018 to 2022 he was the Chairman of Skolkovo Foundation. Since 2015, he is also the Chairman of the Board of the Directors in Russian Railways company.

Dvorkovich's father, Vladimir Dvorkovich, was an international chess arbiter.^[5] Dvorkovich is an official of the Russian Chess Federation and was first elected president of FIDE in October 2018, succeeding Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.^[6] He was re-elected for a second term in the elections held on the sidelines of the 44th Chess Olympiad held at Mamallapuram, India on August 7, 2022.^{[7][8][9][10]}