Alexander Sokolov was re -elected rector of the Moscow Conservatory

Former Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Sokolov was re -elected for the third time to the post of rector of the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky.

About this today, May 30, told RIA Novosti the chairman of the election commission of the rector Larisa Movchan.

“Alexander Sergeyevich Sokolov was re -elected for the third time, this is an unprecedented case. The number of submitted ballots was 265. 261 votes were given to Alexander Sergeyevich, four against, ”Movchan said.

The voting of the rector’s election took place on Thursday, May 29, as part of the conference of scientific and pedagogical workers, representatives of other categories and students in the conservatory. The rector of the Moscow Conservatory is elected for up to 5 years.

Alexander Sokolov (b. 1949) - musicologist, teacher, professor of the Moscow Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky, head of the Department of Theory of Music, Doctor of Art History, member of the Union of Composers of Russia. In 2004-2008, he served as the Minister of Culture and Mass Communications of Russia. Since July 26, 2010, a member of the Patriarchal Council for the Culture of the Russian Orthodox Church.