Konstantin Babkin

Konstantin Anatolyevich Babkin (Russian: Константи́н Анато́льевич Ба́бкин; born 13 February 1971) is a Russian businessman and politician. He is the chairman of the Federal Council of the political party Party of Action, the president of CJSC Novoe Sodruzhestvo and the president Rosspetsmash association . Member of the board of directors of Rostselmash, Empils[1] and Buhler Industries.[2][3][4] chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[5]

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Anatolyevich.
Konstantin Babkin
Константин Бабкин
Born (1971-02-13) 13 February 1971
Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, USSR
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipRussia
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
OccupationBusinessman and politician
Political partyParty of Action

Early life and education

Babkin was born in 1971 in Miass (Chelyabinsk region; USSR) in the family of engineers of the State Rocket Center. In 1994, graduated from the department of molecular and chemical physics of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.[6][7]

Career

In 1992, Babkin became the co-founder of the Joint-Stock Company Industrial Association Commonwealth. Since 2005 he has been the president of the CJSC Production Association Novoe Sodruzhestvo.[8] The company includes 20 enterprises located in Rostov region, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Canada and the United States. Key assets of the holding are Rostselmash, Empils and Buhler Industries[9][10] (Farm King,[11] Versatile[12]). The annual turnover is more than 1 billion dollars.

The main shareholders of Novoe Sodruzhestvo are its three founders and managing directors: Babkin, Dmitry Udras and Yuri Ryazanov.[13][14]

In conjunction with Dmitry Udras and Yuri Ryazanov withdrew Empils (1998) and Rostselmash (2000) plants from the crisis of 1990-s.[15]

On the brink of failure in the 1990s, these days Rostselmash has been enjoying a revival. ... Rostselmash now sells to more than 35 countries and opened its first office in (Germany) last year. When Vladimir Putin gathered his advisers for a meeting on the development of regional industry earlier this year, they met at Rostselmash.

– The Economist, 8.11.2018.[16]

In November 2004, Babkin was elected the president of Rosspetsmash association,[17] renamed in 2017 in Rosspetsmash. He is the member of the Bureau of the Central Council of Russian Engineering Union.[18]

On 8 October 2006, he was elected the deputy of Novgorod Regional Duma of the fourth convocation in the Free Russia party list, which he headed (11.03%). He is a member of deputy group Veche, and a member of the budget, finance and economy committee.[19]

On 3 September 2010, Babkin initiated the creation of the organizing committee of all-Russian political party Party of Action. On 14 October 2010, at the constituent congress, he was elected the chairman of the Federal Political Party Council.[20]

chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[5]

One of the organizers and a co-chairman of the Moscow Economic Forum.[21]

Monograph

Author of the book Sound Industrial Policy, or How can we manage to overcome the crisis? /"Razumnaya promyshlennaya politika, ili Kak nam vyyti iz krizisa"/ (Moscow: 2008. — ISBN 978-5-9901585-1-1), which has survived several editions[22][23] and was translated into English (2012).

Articles
  • Babkin K. A. In the interests of modernization of agricultural production // Agricultural Economics of Russia. – 2007. – No. 6. – P. 26—27.
  • Babkin K. A., etc. V. V. Putin has held a meeting in Rostov-on-Don with the administration of Rostselmash. The shorthand report of the beginning of the meeting. On July, 6th 2009.

Personal life

Married. With five children: three sons and two daughters[6]

Awards
  • 2014 was named as the Man of the Year by the Business Quarter magazine, Rostov-on-Don.[24]
  • 2014 was awarded the title of Honored Machine Builder by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.[25]

References
  1. Sokolov, Mikhail (6 September 2011). "Почему миллионер Константин Бабкин и его "Партия дела" не пошли с миллиардером Михаилом Прохоровым в "Правое дело"". Radio Svoboda. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. Buhler Industries Inc (BUI.TO) / Babkin, Konstantin // "Reuters".
  3. Information on the site «Newswire.ca», 27 March 2017
  4. "Buhler" entered the "Novoe Sodruzhestvo" // Kommersant, 13 November 2007
  5. Official website information Camber of Commerce and Industry of Russian Federation
  6. "Грустный итог совещания у Медведева: кризису быть!". Business Journal. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. "Graduates of Moscow Physico-Technical Institute. 1994".
  8. "Forbes".
  9. "Buhler" entered the "New Commonwealth" // Kommersant, 13 November 2007 (in Russian)
  10. Nikolay Ulyanov. Lobbyist number one // Expert, 13 February 2017 (in Russian)
  11. "The official site Farm King".
  12. "The official site Versatile".
  13. Buhler Industries Inc (BUI.TO) // "Reuters".
  14. Information on the official website of "Novoe Sodruzhestvo" (in Russian)
  15. Igor Burakov. Large harvest // Forbes, 3 August 2004 (in Russian)
  16. From the article «We move to Russia in our series on Europe's second-tier cities» // The Economist, 8.11.2018
  17. "Konstantin Babkin is elected the president of "Sojuzagromash". November, 5th, 2004". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  18. "Konstantin Babkin: Biography on the official website of the Russian Engineering Union". Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  19. The list of deputies of the Novgorod Regional Duma of the fourth convocation on the official website of the Novgorod Regional Duma
  20. "Konstantin Anatolevich Babkin on the official website of the 'Party of Action'". Archived from the original on 29 February 2016.
  21. "The official website of Moscow Economic Forum".
  22. 2008 edition. Site of the Russian State Library.
  23. 2009 edition. Site of the Russian State Library.
  24. "The official site of magazine 'Bisiness Quarter'".
  25. "The official site of magazine "Kommersant"".
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