 National Committee of the Russian Federation on Irrigation and Drainage (RuCID)
H.E. Pavel V. Semenov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and Chairman of RuCID
National Committee of the Russian Federation on Irrigation and Drainage (RuCID), with its Secretariat in Moscow, Russia is affiliated to Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. RuCID has been one of the most active National Committees of ICID since it joined as a member of ICID in the year 1955. RuCID has large representations in various workbodies of ICID and is actively involved in its various activities.
RuCID has given four Vice Presidents in the past, namely, Prof. A.N. Askochensky (1960-1963), Mr. K.K. Shubladze (1966-1969), Mr. B.G. Shtepa (1977-1980) and Dr. Georgi Georgievich Guluyk (2004-2007). Mr. E.E. Alekseevsky also served as President during the years 1972-1975. RuCID has hosted many ICID events, such as 12th International Executive Council (IEC) meeting in 1961; 26th International Executive Council (IEC) meeting and 9th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage in 1975; and 55th International Executive Council (IEC) meeting in 2004 at Moscow, Russia. Currently, 12th International Drainage Workshop titled ‘Drainage on Wetland Agricultural Areas, is scheduled to be held from 23-26 June 2014 at Saint Petersburg (Pushkin), Russia.
H.E. Pavel V. Semenov, Chairman of the Russian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (RuCID) since June 2012 is the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. H.E Semenov, a graduate (1998) from the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, as a specialist on marketing and Tyumen International Institute of Economics and Law in ‘Bachelor of Economics”. He obtained his PhD in Economics from St. Petersburg State Mining Institute named after Plekhanov. He was elected to the State Council of the Chuvash Republic in the year 2002; ‘Deputy’ of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and a ‘Member’ of the State Duma Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy during the years 2003-2011 and elected as ‘Deputy Minister’ of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation during the years 2011-2012.
ICID congratulates H.E. Pavel V. Semenov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Chairman of RuCID for taking RuCID to a new heights in international cooperation and looks forward to his continued involvement and support in the activities of ICID towards fulfilling the mission.
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