Student, Graduate, Prime minister: César Verduga Vélez, RUDN graduate from Ecuador
César Verduga Vélez is one of the first RUDN University graduates from Ecuador. He entered the Faculty of Economics in 1964 and graduated in 1971. He was twice Prime minister of Ecuador and the country’s minister of labor. At RUDN University, Cesar met his future wife from Argentina. Ana Jusid studied history at the Faculty of History and Philology (now the Faculty of Philology). Ana Jusid was a writer, teacher, playwright, historian and painter, as well as a member of the General Directorate of Culture of the National University of Quilmes and a columnist for the National Radio. In 2019, Cesar’s nephew, Jorge Marco Calderon Verduga, also graduated from RUDN with a degree in Political Science.
Biography
- 1984-1988: Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights of the National Congress of Ecuador, Member of the National Congress of Ecuador;
- 1988-1990: Minister of Labor and Human Resources of the Republic of Ecuador;
- 1990-1992: Minister of the Government, Police and Municipalities of the Republic of Ecuador;
- 1992-1993: Advisor to the Presidium of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, USA;
- 1994-1995: Consultant of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in the project “Governance and Human Development”, Ecuador;
- 1996-1997: Chairman of the Commission on Constitutional Affairs of the National Congress of Ecuador, Member of the National Congress of Ecuador;
- 1997-1998: Minister of the Government, Police and Municipalities of the Republic of Ecuador;
- 2002-2003: Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on human rights and compliance with the UN Millennium Goals, Guatemala;
- 2005-2007: political consultant in the Office of the President of the Republic of Honduras.
This summer, for the fifth year in a row, RUDN University's best graduates celebrated the end of their studies and received honours diplomas, setting sail for a bright future together with Rector Oleg Yastrebov. But once, each of them walked through the university doors for the first time, got to know their groupmates and professors, settled into the rhythm of university life, and went through the freshman initiation ceremony.
RUDN Faculty of Economics hosted the defense of bachelor's theses by students enrolled in the “International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Activity” program. This year, thesis defense stood out for its practical significance: the research was commissioned by the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and focused on the export potential of the EAEU in African markets.
Mikhail Shaidorov, a graduate of the RUDN University branch in Sochi, has won the gold medal in men's single figure skating at the Milan Olympics. The athlete competed for Kazakhstan.Olympics.