Igor Levitin

Igor Levitin

Igor Yevgeniyevich Levitin (Russian: Игорь Евгеньевич Левитин) (born February 21, 1952) is a Russian political figure who has been Minister of Transport since March 9, 2004 until May 21, 2012.

Between 1973 and 1980 Levitin served in the Soviet armed forces in Odessa and then with the Armies Southern Division. From 1983 to 1985, he was Military Commandant of the Urgal station and Baikal and from 1985 to 1994, Military Commandant and Deputy Head of Moscow Military Railway Communications Service.

From 1994 to 1996, he was a member of the Railways Reform commission which created the Russian Railways Company as part of its reform program.

Between 1996 and 2004 he had worked for Severstaltrans, and was appointed deputy director in 1998 before eventually becoming Russian Transport Minister in 2004. He 2012 he was resigns from office and was replaced by Maksim Sokolov.

In May 22, 2012 he was appointed as Presidential Adviser.