| Sergei Shmatko | |
| Office: | Minister of Energy |
| Primeminister: | Vladimir Putin |
| Term Start: | May 2008 |
| Term End: | May 2012 |
| Successor: | Alexander Novak |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Stavropol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
Sergei Ivanovich Shmatko (Russian: links=no|Сергей Иванович Шматко, 26 September 1966 – 7 November 2021) was a Russian businessman and politician specializing in the energy industry.
He was Russia's Minister of Energy[1] from May 2008 until May 2012.
Shmatko was born in Stavropol (South-West of Russia). He earned degrees from both Urals State University in Yekaterinburg (USSR) and the University of Marburg in West Germany.
Shmatko's business career from 1992 involved stints consulting in Germany and Russia, and working at the All-Russia Bank of Regional Development. He was appointed head of economic strategy at Rosenergoatom in 1997 and in 2005 became president of Russia's nuclear-power export monopoly, Atomstroyexport.
Shmatko was appointed to the newly established position of Minister of Energy in May 2008, during the incoming administration of President Dmitry Medvedev.
He died from COVID-19 on 7 November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[2]