Alexander Zhukov

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Zhukov.
Alexander Zhukov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
9 March 2004 – 20 December 2011
President
Prime Minister
Member of the State Duma for Moscow
In office
11 January 1994 – 10 March 2004
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded bySergey Shavrin [ru]
ConstituencyPreobrazhensky (No. 198)[a]
Personal details
Born1 June 1956 (1956-06) (age 67)
USSR[1]
Political partyUnited Russia
SpouseEkaterina Zhukova
ChildrenPeter
Parent
Education
Occupation
  • economist
  • mathematician
AwardsAlt textOrder of Honour
Signature

Alexander Dmitrievich Zhukov (

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly. Previously he was also the President of the Russian Olympic Committee.[3][4]

Early life

Alexander Zhukov was born in Moscow. His father was Dmitry Zhukov [ru], a Soviet writer and translator of English.[5]

He graduated from high school No. 444 in Moscow, then the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State University (1978) with a degree in economics and mathematics. Then he studied at the Higher Economic Courses at the State Planning Committee of the USSR. Zhukov is an alumnus of Harvard Business School,[2][6] and a specialist in the field of currency, tax and customs legislation.[citation needed]

Career

Financier

In 1980–91 Zhukov was an employee of the Monetary and Economic Department of the

USSR Ministry of Finance: economist, senior expert, chief expert, deputy head, and head of the branch for foreign economic relations.[citation needed
]

In 1988, working very closely with Zhukov,

Deloitte & Touche began providing services to the Soviet Union and continued with Russia.[7] From 1986 to 1989 he was a member of Baumansky District Council, Moscow. 1991–93 — Vice President of the Avtotraktoroexport JSC.[citation needed
]

Member of parliament

In 1993 Zhukov elected to the First State Duma of Russia from the Preobrazhensky constituency of Moscow as a representative of the Dignity and Charity bloc, supported by the Choice of Russia. He was a member of the Committee on budget, taxes, banks and finance, chairman of the Subcommittee on exchange regulation, foreign debt and precious metals. He was a member and deputy chairman of the parliamentary group "Liberal Democratic Union of December 12".[8]

In February 1995 he was elected to the coordinating council of "

Fatherland — All Russia and in 2003 from United Russia.[citation needed
]

In the cabinet

After the formation of the new cabinet in March 2004 Zhukov became Deputy Prime Minister of Russia under Mikhail Fradkov. He was the chairman of the Commission on legislative activity and the Commission on issues of international humanitarian and technical assistance. His additional positions were coordinator of the Russian Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations since May 2004, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Housing Development Foundation since July 2008. Zhukov was one of the organizers of the monetization of benefits,[9] a 2005 reform which caused widespread protests in Russia.[citation needed]

Return to the Duma

In December 2011, Zhukov was elected a deputy of the sixth State Duma of Russia on the list of United Russia. On 21 December, he was elected First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and became a member of the Committee on budget and taxes. He successfully reelected in September 2016.[citation needed]

From 2010 to 2018 Zhukov was the president of the

Russian Chess Federation from 2003[11] to 2009.[12][13]

Sanctioned by the

UK government on 11 March 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [14]

Honours

Notes

  1. ^ renumbered to 199 in 1995.

References

  1. ^ a b Биография Александра Жукова (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 9 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Banker hit by Russian chief's son". Metro. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. IOC
    . Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Putin calls for investigation of Russian doping allegations". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Энциклопедия: Жуков, Александр Дмитриевич" [Encyclopedia: Zhukov, Alexander Dmitrievich]. TASS (in Russian). Информационное агентство России ТАСС. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Sochi Preview". Harvard Business School. June 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Тот еще консультант. Тот еще консультант! Аудитор Всемирного банка уличен в компрометирующей связи с Борисом Федоровым" [He's still a consultant. What a consultant! World Bank auditor convicted of compromising connection with Boris Fedorov]. "Российская газета" (rg.ru) (in Russian). 7 July 2001. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Депутатская группа "Либерально-демократический Союз 12 декабря" в Государственной Думе первого созыва" [Deputy group "Liberal Democratic Union of December 12" in the first State Duma] (in Russian).
  9. RBC
    . 30 January 2005.
  10. ^ IOC Session elects nine new members
  11. ^ "New Officials of the Russian Chess Federation". FIDE. 2003-04-18.
  12. ^ Crowther, Mark (2010-05-22). "More questions than answers in the race for FIDE President". The Week in Chess.
  13. ^ Alexander Zhukov. Russian Olympic Committee.
  14. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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