Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy (Russian: Михаи́л Ефи́мович Швыдко́й; born September 5, 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theater critic, drama, social and political activist. Laureate of the State Prize of Russia. The artistic director of the Moscow theater musical, supervisor of the Faculty of the Graduate School of cultural policy and management in the humanitarian sphere, Moscow State University.
Russian Minister of Culture February 8, 2000 – March 9, 2004. Chairman of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (June 30, 2004 – June 7, 2008).
Awards and honours
Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th (2008)
Order of Friendship (2013)
Order of the Badge of Honour
National Order of Merit (France)
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2012)
Legion of Honour (2011)
Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles.
State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000)