Biography

30.06.1959 Born in Kazan

1986–1992 Junior research follower, senior research follower, leading research follower in the Central Economic Research Institute (TsENII) at the Gosplan of the RSFSR;

1994–1997 Chief analyst, Advisor, Councilor of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation;

1998 Councilor of the Deputy Head of the Government of the Russian Federation;

1998–2002 Councilor, Deputy Director of the Inter-budget Relations Department – Director of Division of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;

2002–2004 Head of Department of Budgetary Policy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;

2004–2008 Director of Department of Budgetary Policy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;

2004–p.t. Member of the Board of the Minfin of Russia;

2008–2011 Director of Department of Budgetary Policy and Methodology of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;

2011–p.t. Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation.

Actual State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.

Education

1976–1977 Laboratory assistant at Kazan State University named after V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin;

1982 Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University, with a degree in Economic Geography;

1985 Graduated from the postgraduate studies. Had internships in the University of Birmingham and in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;

Higher education;

Candidate’s degree in Geography;

Speaks English.

Awards

2001 Awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation;

2002 Awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” 2nd grade;

2003 Awarded the medal “In Memory of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg”;

2004 Received a Citation of the President of the Russian Federation;

2004 Awarded the lapel badge “Excellence in Financial Service” of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;

2006 Awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” 1st grade;

2006 Received a Citation of the President of the Russian Federation;

2007 Received a Citation of the Government of the Russian Federation;

2010 Received a Citation of the President of the Russian Federation;

2011 Received a Citation of the President of the Russian Federation;

2011 Awarded the Order of Honor.