Ministry of Economic Development (Russia)
The ministry is responsible for regulating and forming policies related to socioeconomic and business development in Russia.[5] In 2000, at which point the agency was reconstituted as the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Herman Gref was appointed to the role of minister, a title he held until 2007.[7][8] During her term, in 2008, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade transferred its responsibilities for developing policies around and overseeing regulation of trade to the new Ministry of Trade and Industry and was accordingly retitled the Ministry of Economic Development.[8] Minister Yevgeny Yelin was appointed by President Vladimir Putin in November 2016.[10] His predecessor, Alexey Ulyukaev, had been arrested by the FSB for bribery.