Presidential Executive Office

Born  July 12, 1957 in Leningrad.

 

1979 – graduated from the M. A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Electrotechnical Communications Institute.

 

1979–1983 – engineer and Head of Department at the Leningrad International Telephone Station.

 

1983–1985 – served in the Soviet Army.

 

1985–1991 – Chief Engineer of the Moscow telephone hub in the Leningrad Municipal Telephone Network.

 

1991–1994 – Deputy Chief of the Leningrad Municipal Telephone Network.

 

1994–1999 – First Deputy General Director of the Petersburg Telephone Network.

 

1999 – State Secretary and First Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Russian Federation State Telecommunications Committee.

 

1999-2008 – Minister of the Russian Federation of Communications and Information Technology.

 

Since  May 13, 2008 – Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation.

 

Married, son and daughter.