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KOROLEV MIKHAIL ANTONOVITCH
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Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, Academician of the International Academy of Informatics, ordinary elected member of the International Statistical Institute.
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Born on 12 September 1931 in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan). In his childhood lived in Turkmenia and Uzbekistan. Secondary education completed in Baku (Azerbaijan). |
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Graduated from the Moscow Institute of People's Economy named after G.V. Plekhanov (1954).
Worked in this Institute till 1956 and then in the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics |
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where he started from an assistant, in 1960 was appointed as a head of Department and in 1966 got a Doctor's degree and was appointed as the Rector. |
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In 1961/1962 academic year he completed a doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, USA.
He is the author of numerous scientific works (of which more than 20 books and manuals) on metainformation, algorithmization and data processing in economics. |
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Creator of economics-oriented algorithmic languages. Leader of developments of a number of implemented automated information systems (in particular, system of taking entrance examinations "Abiturient") and first statistical data banks in the country. More than 30 of his post-graduate students got scientific degrees. Professor of the Academy of People's Economy under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1978-1985).
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Since 1972 he has been working in official statistics: Deputy, |
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First Deputy Director of the Central Statistical Office of the USSR (1975-1985), |
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Director of the Central Statistical Office of the USSR (1985-1987), Chairman of the State Committee of the USSR on Statistics (1987-1989), Chairman of the Interstate Statistical Committee of the the Commonwealth of Independent States(since 1992). Participated in preparation of many statistical materials, in the large-scale statistical studies, including four population censuses. He gave much attention to the improvement of organization and methodology of state statistics, development of its international relations, improvement of comparability and transparency.
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Participated actively in the work of the Algorithmic languages group of the Academies of Sciences of the CMEA countries (1964-1968), CMEA Standing Commission on Cooperation in Statistics (1972-1989), UN ECE Conference of European Statisticians (since 1974), |
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UN Statistical Commission (since 1976; its chairman in 1979-1981 and vice-chairman in 1976-1979 and 1989-1991), International Statistical Institute (since 1981), Council of the Heads of Statistical Services of the CIS (since 1992). |
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Cooperation with statistical bodies of many countries and international organizations facilitated the transition of the CIS countries to the world statistical standards. |
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Decorated
with government awards. Biographical entries
about him have been published in the Soviet Encyclopaedic Dictionary (1987),
Yearbook of the Big Soviet Encyclopaedia (1987), reference books "Who's
Who in Russia" (1997), "International Who's Who" (Europa Publications Ltd.,
United Kingdom, 1989-2001), "Outstanding People of the 20th Century", "2000
Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century", "2000 Outstanding Scholars
of the 20th Century", Who`s Who in the 21st Century (International Biographical
Centre, United Kingdom) and other.
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Candidate-master in chess, tennis-player, artist. |
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