Education
Kazan Federal University.
Kazan Federal University.
He has been the minister of agriculture since May 21, 2012 til April 2015. Previously, he was the justice minister of Russia from July 14, 1991 to March 24, 1993 and was the President of Chuvash Republic from January 21, 1994 to August 2010. He was a supporter of market reforms and was reelected in 1998 and 2001.
Fyodorov opposed Russian President Boris Yeltsin"s policies in Chechnya and Vladimir Putin"s 2000 federal reform initiatives.
He is an ethnic Chuvash. In addition to his native Chuvash, he speaks Russian and German.
Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
Order of Merit for the Fatherland; 3rd class (5 August 2003) - for outstanding contribution to strengthening Russian statehood and many years of diligent work 4th class (9 May 1998) - for services to the state and a major contribution to socio-economic development of Chuvash Republic Order of Honour (11 September 2008) - for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the long and fruitful work State Prize of the Russian Federation, 1999, for science and technology - for the revival of the historic part of the capital of Chuvashia - Cheboksary the city Honorary Builder of the Russian Federation Medal "Foreign Services to the national health care" Medal "75 years of civil defence" Order "Foreign Services to the Chuvash Republic" (29 August 2010) Order of Saint Sergius, 1st class Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st class Winner of the All-Russian legal award "Themis" Title of "President of the Year - 2001" All-Russia public premium "Russian National Olympus" Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Medal of Merit in the All-Russia Census Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint St. Petersburg" Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" Medal in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Russian Ministry of Justice Medal "200 Years of the Russian Interior Ministry".
United Russia, Communist Party of the Soviet Union.