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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
MP
Александр Жуков
Zhukov in 2018
First Vice Chairman of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 December 2011
Serving with Ivan Melnikov
ChairmanVyacheslav Volodin
In office
29 December 2003 – 10 March 2004
Serving with Lyubov Sliska
ChairmanBoris Gryzlov
Succeeded byOleg Morozov
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 December 2011
3rd President of the Russian Olympic Committee
In office
20 May 2010 – 2 May 2018
Preceded byLeonid Tyagachyov
Succeeded byStanislav Pozdnyakov
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 68)
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR[1]
Political partyUnited Russia
SpouseEkaterina Zhukova
ChildrenPeter
Parent
Education
Occupation
  • economist
  • mathematician
AwardsAlt text
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Alexander Dmitrievich Zhukov (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Жуков; born 1 June 1956)[1] 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.[3][4]

Early life

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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

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Financier

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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, Boris Fyodorov, and Kirill Ugolnikov (Russian: Кирилл Угольников), 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

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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 "Forward, Russia!" movement led by Boris Fyodorov, and chairman of the Moscow regional organization. In December Zhukov was reelected in Preobrazhensky constituency from "Forward, Russia!" and became chairman of the committee on budget. He was a member of the "Russian Regions" faction. In 1999 he was running from Fatherland – All Russia and in 2003 from United Russia.[citation needed]

In the cabinet

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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

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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 Olympic Committee and became an IOC member at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September 2013.[10] He was also president of the Russian Chess Federation from 2003[11] to 2009.[12][13]

He was sanctioned by the UK government on 11 March 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[14]

Honours

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Notes

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  1. ^ renumbered to 199 in 1995.

References

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  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. ^ "Olympic Highlights". 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. ^ "А.Жуков: Монетизация льгот в России продолжится" [A. Zhukov: Monetization of benefits in Russia will continue] (in Russian). 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 (22 May 2010). "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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