Government
From November 2001 until November 2003 Fursenko was Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation. From November 2003 until March 2004 he was Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation. From 9 March 2004 until 21 May 2012 Fursenko was Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federatiom.
Andrei Fursenko refused to prevent compulsory teaching of religious subjects at school and objected to teaching advanced mathematics at school.
Andrei Fursenko is married and has a son named Alexander. He is fluent in English.
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