Dvorkovich was considered to be a close confidant of Dmitry Medvedev[3] and an important figure in Russian politics. He rose to prominence during Medvedev's presidency but has suffered from the resurgence of Igor Sechin.[4] From 2018 to 2022 he was the Chairman of Skolkovo Foundation. Since 2015, he is also the Chairman of the Board of the Directors in Russian Railways company.
In 2018, he served as chairman of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Local Organizing Committee, collaborating closely with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who later praised him for his work.[13] Subsequently, on 3 October 2018, he was elected FIDE President, receiving 103 votes, ahead of 78 votes for FIDE Vice President Georgios Makropoulos; noted English GM Nigel Short withdrew his candidacy minutes before voting commenced.[13]
Dvorkovich's professional interests include economic regulation, financial management, and tax planning. According to BusinessWeek, Dvorkovich was included in the list of 50 potential world leaders.
Dvorkovich speaks English and German, as well as Russian.
In March 2022, Dvorkovich condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying that "Wars are the worst things one might face in life…including this war. My thoughts are with Ukrainian civilians."[14]Andrey Turchak, a lawmaker from Putin's United Russia party, condemned Dvorkovich's anti-war stance and called for his “immediate dismissal in disgrace”, saying: "This is nothing but the very national betrayal, the behavior of the fifth column, which the president [Putin] spoke about today”.[15] Later Dvorkovich said on the website of the Skolkovo foundation that he was "sincerely proud of the courage of our (Russian) soldiers" and that Russia had been targeted by "harsh and senseless sanctions".[16]
In August 2022, he was re-elected for a second term as FIDE president receiving 157 votes as against 16 by his rival Andrey Baryshpolets.[16]
^Arkady Dvorkovich Government of the Russian Federation
^О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации (Decree 1579) (in Russian). President of Russia. 20 December 2004.
^Clover, Charles; Belton, Catherine (22 December 2011). "Medvedev urges far-reaching reforms". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^""Роснефть" ждет денег из ФНБ не позднее 1 июня". Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^"Arkady Dvorkovich interview regarding RCF candidate for FIDE President". Chessdom. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
^Staff writer(s) (3 October 2018). "Arkady Dvorkovich: Russian politician crowned world chess head". BBC.
^BL Chennai Bureau (7 August 2022). "Arkady Dvorkovich re-elected as FIDE President". The Hindu BusinessLine.
^AFP Chennai (7 August 2022). "Russia's Arkady Dvorkovich re-elected head of chess body FIDE, seeing off Ukrainian challenger". Deccan Herald.
^Chessbase (7 August 2022). "Arkady Dvorkovich reelected". Chessbase.
^"Russian former deputy PM Dvorkovich re-elected chess federation president". Reuters. Reuters. 7 August 2022.
^ abcRU@CN 俄罗斯联邦政府副总理 (in Chinese (China)). Embassy of Russia in Beijing. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.