Anton Siluanov Politician

Anton Germanovich Siluanov (Russian: Анто́н Ге́рманович Силуа́нов; IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈɡʲermənəvʲɪtɕ sʲɪlʊˈanəf]; born 12 April 1963 in Moscow) is a Russian politician and economist. On 27 September 2011 appointed Acting Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He was appointed as acting Finance Minister instead of Alexei Kudrin, who was forced out and dismissed by president Dmitry Medvedev after publicly criticizing the additional defense spending of 2.1 trillion rubles (US$66 billion) through 2014.