MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has signed a resolution to appoint as deputy economics minister Anna Popova, who until now headed the ministry's corporate management department, a deputy prime minister said Friday.
Popova has worked in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade since 2004. She assisted drawing up bills to improve legislation on joint-stock companies, bankruptcy and anti-raiding laws.
Popova replaces Andrei Sharonov, whose resignation Fradkov approved earlier. Sharonov told journalists Friday that he had opted for a job in Troika Dialog, a leading Russian investment company. "I accepted Troika Dialog's proposal," he said.
Sharonov oversaw the implementation of administrative reform, state procurements, and presented bills drafted by the ministry to parliament.
He will retain his job as a government representative on the boards of national air carrier Aeroflot and electricity monopoly Unified Energy System.
