Vladimir Mikhailovich Lopukhin, a Russian economist and politician, died after contracting COVID-19 in Moscow on 26 May 2020, three days after his 68th birthday.
He served as 1st Minister of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1992.
Lopukhin was born in Moscow and graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University in 1975. From November 1991 until June 1992, he held the position of 1st Minister of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation. He was appointed as an adviser to Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar in the fall of 1992, and also worked as partner of Lazard from 1992 until 1996.