Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy (; born September 5, 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theater critic, drama, social and political activist. Laureate of the State Prize of Russia. The artistic director of the Moscow theater musical, supervisor of the Faculty of the Graduate School of cultural policy and management in the humanitarian sphere, Moscow State University.
Russian Minister of Culture February 8, 2000 â March 9, 2004. Chairman of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (June 30, 2004 â June 7, 2008).