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Belousov was born in Moscow on 17 March 1959.[4][5] His mother was a chemist and his father was an economist who worked in the State Planning Committee.[6] Belousov went to the prestigious secondary school focused on mathematics and physics (now known as Lyceum named after V.F. Ovchinnikov).[7]
His younger brother Dmitry (born in 1972) is an economist who works as director of the Analysis and Forecasting of Macroeconomic Processes Laboratory of the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[7]
Education
Belousov studied economics at the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State University which he graduated from with honors with a major in economic cybernetics in 1981.[4][6]
In 2006, Belousov defended his thesis on the topic "Contradictions and prospects for the development of the system of the reproduction of the Russian economy" at the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences and became a doctor of economic sciences.[1][9]
Career
Academic career
From 1981 to 1986, Belousov was probationer-researcher and then junior researcher in the simulation laboratory of human-machine systems of the Central Economic Mathematical Institute. From 1991 to 2006, he was head of a laboratory of the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[10] He was external advisor to the prime minister from 2000 to 2006.[4]
Ministry of Economic Development (2006–2013)
Belousov served as deputy minister of economic development and trade for two years from 2006 to 2008.[4]
From 2008 to 2012, he was director of the finances and economic department in the Russian Prime Minister's office.[11]
On 21 May 2012, he was appointed minister of economic development to the cabinet led by prime minister Dmitry Medvedev.[4] Belousov succeeded Elvira Nabiullina as minister of economic development.[12]
He is considered a Keynesian economist who believed in state intervention in the economy.[13]
On 24 June 2013, he was appointed as Putin's Presidential Aide in Economic Affairs.
Belousov was Putin's only economic adviser who supported the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.[13] He believed Russia was "encircled by enemies".[14]
Jimmy Rushton, a Kyiv-based security analyst, said on X, formerly Twitter, that Shoigu's replacement with Belousov signals that Putin believes he will win "via outproducing (and outlasting) Ukraine" and is "preparing for many more years of war".[14] Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, said that Putin sees the war in Ukraine as a war of attrition and Belousov is supposed to help transform Russia's heavily militarised economy into a war economy.[21] As of 2024, military spending accounts for about 30% of Russia's budget.[22]
Awards
Honoured Economist of the Russian Federation (2007)[1]
Эволюция системы воспроизводства российской экономики: от кризиса к развитию (English: The evolution of the system of the reproduction of the Russian economy: from crisis to development) (Moscow. 2006. ISBN 5-317-01601-0)[23]
Belousov was married twice. He is fond of history of painting. He is orthodox believer and regularly attends church.[6] In his youth, he practiced karate and sambo, nowadays he is engaged in athletics.[32]
^Luhn, Alec (29 January 2020). "Who will replace Putin?". Politico. Retrieved 17 April 2021. Kremlin functionary Andrei Belousov, 60, is considered one possible successor after he was appointed last week as first deputy prime minister, the same position from which Medvedev was picked to be president.
^Belousov, Andrey (2006). Эволюция системы воспроизводства российской экономики: от кризиса к развитию [The evolution of the system of the reproduction of the Russian economy: from crisis to development] (in Russian). Moscow: MAKS Press. ISBN5-317-01601-0.
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