Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sokolov (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Соколовl; born 8 August 1949) is a Russian politician and former Minister of Culture and Mass Communication for then-President Vladimir Putin's Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet.

He was nominated to the post by the then-Prime Minister, Mikhail Fradkov, and held it from 9 March 2004 to 12 May 2008.

Sokolov was born on 8 August 1949 in Leningrad (now Saint Peterburg) and raised by his grandfather Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov.

He is also a member of Russian Composers Union and is a distinguished professor in many universities in Europe, Japan, and South Korea.

[1] Since 1979 Sokolov has taught at the Moscow Conservatory, being appointed a full professor in 1993.