Ruslan Davydov

Biography

He was born on September 21, 1960 in Sverdlovsk.

In 1984, he graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, specialty “Automation and Electronics”, then he worked in research institutions of the USSR Ministry of Medium Mechanical Engineering.

In 1993, he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration with specialty in “Economics and Management”.

Since 1995 he has followed diplomacy as a career: he served as Vice-Consul of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in San Francisco (USA), Deputy Head of the Representative Office of the Russian Center for International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

He has worked for the customs authorities since 2008, has served as Adviser, Chief Adviser to the Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, First Deputy Head of the General Department for Organization of Customs Processing and Customs Control.

In March 2012, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service.

In February 2017, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service.

From February 2023 to May 2024, he served as Acting Head of the Federal Customs Service.

On September 12, 2024 he was appointed the EEC Minister in charge of Customs Cooperation.

Ruslan Davydov represented the interests of the Russian Federation in the World Customs Organization (WCO). From 2014 to 2016, he was Head of the Audit Committee of the WCO Council; from 2016 to 2017, he was Chairman of the WCO Council; and from 2017 to 2019, he was Vice Chairman of the WCO Council.

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