Sergey Abramov (politician)

Not to be confused with Sergey Abramov (politician, born 1957).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Abramov.

Sergey Abramov
Сергей Абрамов
Abramov in 2012
Acting President of the Chechen Republic
In office 9 May 2004 – 30 August 2004
Preceded by	Akhmad Kadyrov
Succeeded by	Alu Alkhanov
Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic
In office 24 March 2004 – 28 February 2006 (absent from 18 November 2005 to 28 February 2006 due to incapacitation)
Succeeded by	Ramzan Kadyrov
Minister of Finance of the Chechen Republic
In office 2002 – 24 March 2004
Personal details
Born	Sergey Borisovich Abramov (1972-02-29) February 29, 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Independent (Non-Partisan)

Sergey Borisovich Abramov (Russian: Серге́й Бори́сович Абра́мов; born February 29, 1972) is a Moscow-based (based in Chechnya in 2000's) executive of Russian Railways and a former politician. Abramov is a graduate of the Tashkent State University of Economics.

Head of the republic

In 2002, during the presidency of Akhmad Kadyrov, 30-year-old Abramov was appointed minister of finance of the Chechen Republic and continued until his appointment as prime minister. On 24 March 2004, he was appointed Prime Minister (Chairman of the Government) of the Chechen Republic by President Kadyrov with approval of the legislature. After the assassination of President Kadyrov, Abramov become acting president as per the constitutional provision at the time; his tenure as Acting President ended following the presidential election. He himself survived a series of assassination attempts.

Later career

On 18 November 2005, Abramov survived a near-fatal car crash in Moscow and temporarily disappeared from public view. On 28 February 2006, he resigned as prime minister, ostensibly for health reasons but in reality to make space for Ramzan Kadyrov to be permanent prime minister. He is an ethnic Russian and had pro-Russian and Russian unitary political views in his administrations of Chechnya. He moved to Chechnya for his political career.

As of November 2010, Abramov chaired the Directorate of Railway Terminals of Russian Railways and was managing an ambitious program of rebuilding the stations in major cities.