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Moshe Kantor

(born September 8, 1953 in Moscow) is a Jewish leader, philanthropist and businessman. He is currently serving as President of the European Jewish Congress. EDUCATION Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor was born in Moscow and spent his early years there, obtaining his degree from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1976. In 1981 he was awarded a PhD in Sciences with a specialization in Spacecraft Automatic Control Systems. BUSINESS ACTIVITY Kantor heads the publicly traded Acron Group, one of the leading mineral fertiliser producers and distributors in the world. He purchased the first asset of the Acron Group, a state-owned nitric acid-based fertiliser plant in Russia (formerly named Azot), in 1993. FAMILY Kantor is married to Anna Kantor and has four sons and a daughter. CAREER Kantor, who is president of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), is well known worldwide for his fight against anti-Semitism, racism and neo-Nazism and has greatly contributed to revitalising Jewish life in Europe and beyond.

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