Leonid Reiman

Leonid Dododzhonovich Reiman (also spelt: Reyman), in Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born July 12 1957 in Leningrad is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation.

Career

* In 1979, Leonid Reiman graduated from the M.A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Institute of Communications Technology.
* 1979-1983, engineer and then section chief at the Leningrad city international telephone station.
* 1983-1985, Leonid Reiman did a tour of compulsory military service.
* 1985-1999, Reiman occupied leading positions in the Leningrad City Telephone Network (LGTS) / in 1993 renamed to St. Petersburg City Telephone Network (PTS);
* 1988-1999, Deputy Chief of the LGTS/PTS for development; LGTS/PTS Chief Engineer, Director for International Relations, Director for Investitions and International Relations, First Deputy Director-General of Open JSC PTS.
* In 2004 the British businessman Anthony Georgiou claimed in a court affidavit lodged in a British Virgin Islands court that in 1992 Reiman had received a bribe of about a million US dollars from him. [http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=15415] [http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/article242314.ece]
* In 1992 Reiman entered the Board of Directors of Peterstar, first non-state owned cell phone operator in Saint Petersburg founded in 1992.
* In 1994 he joined the Board of Directors of the JSC Telecominvest.
* As of June 1999, he was a member of the Boards of directors of the JSC Delta Telecom, JSC Neva Line, JSC Peterstar, Stankinbank, JSC St. Petersburg City Telephone Network, editorial JSC St. Petersburg Directories, JSC Interregional Transit Telecom, JSC North-West GSM, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the JSC St. Petersburg International and TransTelecom and a member of the supervisory board of the JSC St. Petersburg Intercity International Telephone. [http://www.anticompromat.ru/reiman/reimbio.html]
* From July 1999, state secretary, first deputy chairman of the State Committee for Telecommunications (Gostelecom).
* From August 1999, Gostelecom chairman.
* November 1999 - April 2004, Minister of Information and Communications of the Russian Federation.
* Since June 26, 2000, Leonid Reiman is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Open JSC Svyazinvest.
* On July 25, 2000, Leonid Reiman issued the order No 130 "Concerning the introduction of technical means ensuring investigative activity (SORM) in phone, mobile, wireless communication and radio paging networks" stating that the FSB was no longer required to provide telecommunications and Internet companies documentation on targets of interest prior to accessing information. ( [http://www.lenta.ru/internet/2000/08/21/sorm/] , full text of the order in Russian: [http://www.libertarium.ru/libertarium/37988] )
* March - May 2004, First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation.
* Leonid Reiman was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation on May 20, 2004.

See also

* Jeffrey Galmond, Danish lawyer and businessman who has acted as a front to Reiman
* MegaFon, Russian mobile phone operator claimed to be controlled by Reiman

References

External links

* [http://www.winne.com/topinterviews/reiman.htm Interview with Mr. L. Reiman]
* [http://www.itu.int/newsarchive/wtpf/presentations/reyman.html Opening remarks by Mr Leonid Reyman, Minister of Communications and Informatization, Russian Federation. World Telecommunication Policy Forum 2001, 07.03.01]
* [http://www.minsvyaz.ru/site.shtml?id=2804 Official biography] (In Russian)
* [http://anticompromat.ru/oligarhi/ppo.html V. Pribylovsky. The origin of Putin's oligarchy] (In Russian)
* [http://www.anticompromat.ru/reiman/index.html A dossier by V. Pribylovsky] (In Russian)