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Ministry of Sport (Russia)

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Formed
  
May 2008

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Russia

Ministry of Sport (Russia)

Preceding agency
  
Federal Agency of Sports (RFSA)

Headquarters
  
Kazakov Street 18, Moscow

Annual budget
  
75.8 billion roubles (2011 FY)

Minister responsible
  
Pavel Kolobkov, Minister of Sports

The Russian Ministry of Sports (Russian: Министерство спорта Российской Федерации, often abbreviated as Минспор or Minisport) is a Federal Ministry in Russia. It is responsible for implementing government policy and legal regulation, providing state services (including anti-doping measures), and managing public property in the area of sport and physical fitness.

Contents

It was created by the Medvedev Government in 2008 as the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy. It exists under its current form since May 21, 2012.

Structure

The Ministry is composed of two branches:

  • Department of Sports Development (Департамент государственной политики развития спорта высших достижений)
  • Department of State Policy in Sport (Департамент государственной политики в сфере физической культуры и спорта)
  • Soviet Period

    The State Committee for Sports and Physical Education of the USSR (Спорткомитет СССР, Комитет по физической культуре и спорту при Совете Министров СССР) was established in 1954 as the only governmental body responsible for the management of sports in the Soviet Union. The Committee merged all of the sports unions and national teams into one organization.

    Post-Revolution

    The State Committee for Sports and Physical Education of Russia (Госкомитет по ФКиТ; Госкомспорт России, Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по физической культуре и спорту) was created in 1991. It was the central governing body for Russian sports. The head of the committee was referred to as the Sports Minister. The committee was a federal executive organization that was responsible for the coordination and development of sports in Russia.

    Since 2002

    The Federal Agency for Sports and Body Culture (Федеральное агентство по физической культуре и спорту) was created in 2002 as the successor to the previous sports committee It was dissolved in October 7, 2008, to be re-established as The Russian Sports' Ministry.

    Heads of Sports Committee (USSR)

  • Shamil Trapishchev (1994-1996)
  • Leonid Tyagachev (1996-1999)
  • Pavel Ruzhkov (1999-2001)
  • Heads of Federal Sports Agency

  • Vyacheslav Fetisov (2002-2008)
  • Ministers of Sport

  • Boris Ivanyouschenko (2008)
  • Vitaly Mutko (2008 – 2016)
  • Pavel Kolobkov (Since 2016)
  • References

    Ministry of Sport (Russia) Wikipedia