Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)[3] is a federal state-funded institution of higher education located in Moscow, Russia.[4] The academy consists of 22 faculties, had 55 branches, and includes the Graduate School of Corporate Management (President – acad.It provided business and educational programs and trained civil servants, entrepreneurs, financiers, and lawyers.[6] By 2010 it produced over 100,000 graduates, among them presidents of post-soviet countries, prime ministers and businessmen (including Sergey Kiriyenko and Alexey Gordeyev).[citation needed] In 1995 with its Resolution, the Russian Government granted the academy with the official status of the leading educational, methodological and research center in the system of training and qualification upgrading of the federal and regional civil servants, as well as the leading educational institution that carries out training of specialists in the area of the higher professional, postgraduate and complementary training.