Alexander Zhukov

Alexander Zhukov is a Russian economist and politician. Zhukov was a member of the State Duma from 1994 to 2004. He is the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly. Previously he was also the President of the Russian Olympic Committee. In 1987, Alexander Zhukov received the diploma about higher education and got a job in scientific research Institute for system studies, USSR Academy of Sciences. Here he worked for two years. And in 1980 a young and promising specialist was hired in the Ministry of Finance, where he spent 11 years in charge of the trade sector and the construction of large industrial facilities abroad. Political biography of Alexander Zhukov began in 1986. He was elected a Deputy of Baumansky regional Council. In 1991, Alexander left the Ministry of Finance and got a job in the foreign economic Joint stock company «Avtotraktorexport». He was soon promoted to Vice President. AO was involved in the export of tractors and Trucks. In the same year, Zhukov graduated from Harvard business School, becoming a qualified specialist in the sphere of currency legislation, customs and tax system. Since 1993, Alexander Zhukov - Deputy of the State Duma. Since then, the Supreme legislative body of the country he was elected regularly. He became a member of the party «United Russia» and subsequently became part of the Supreme Council of «ER.» In the 1990s, the political career of Alexander Zhukov is developing rapidly. He holds a responsible position in the Supervisory Board of Sberbank and the Agency for restructuring credit institutions. Included in the Bank Council of the Central Bank and is a member of the Economic Council under the government of the Russian Federation. And in 2004, Zhukov was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Mikhail Fradkov, which friendly families since the 1990s. From 2003 to 2009, Zhukov headed the Russian chess Federation. And in 2010, he was elected President of the national Olympic Committee. It was a very difficult period for the Russian sports. After the defeat at the Olympics in Vancouver, where the national team took a pathetic 11th place, required a new and effective Manager. And he was found in the person of Alexander Zhukov.