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Alexander Zhukov | |
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| Александр Жуков | |
_(cropped).jpg) Zhukov in 2021 | |
| FirstVice Chairman of the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2011 Serving with Ivan Melnikov | |
| Chairman | Vyacheslav Volodin |
| In office 29 December 2003 – 10 March 2004 Serving with Lyubov Sliska | |
| Chairman | Boris Gryzlov |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Morozov |
| Member of theState Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2011 | |
| 3rd President of theRussian Olympic Committee | |
| In office 20 May 2010 – 2 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Tyagachyov |
| Succeeded by | Stanislav Pozdnyakov |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 9 March 2004 – 20 December 2011 | |
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| Member of the State Duma forMoscow | |
| In office 11 January 1994 – 10 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Shavrin [ru] |
| Constituency | Preobrazhensky (No. 198)[a] |
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| Born | 1 June 1956 (1956-06) (age 68) Moscow,RSFSR,USSR[1] |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Ekaterina Zhukova |
| Children | Peter |
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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 theState Duma from 1994 to 2004. He is theFirst Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly. Previously he was also the President of theRussian Olympic Committee.[3][4]
Alexander Zhukov was born in Moscow. His father wasDmitry 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 theMoscow State University (1978) with a degree in economics and mathematics. Then he studied at the Higher Economic Courses at theState Planning Committee of the USSR. Zhukov is an alumnus ofHarvard Business School,[2][6] and a specialist in the field of currency, tax and customs legislation.[citation needed]
In 1980–91 Zhukov was an employee of the Monetary and Economic Department of theUSSR 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 theSoviet Union and continued withRussia.[7] From 1986 to 1989 he was a member of Baumansky District Council, Moscow. 1991–93 – Vice President of the Avtotraktoroexport JSC.[citation needed]
In 1993 Zhukovelected to the First State Duma of Russia from the Preobrazhensky constituency of Moscow as a representative of theDignity and Charity bloc, supported by theChoice 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 fromFatherland – All Russia and in 2003 fromUnited Russia.[citation needed]
After the formation of thenew cabinet in March 2004 Zhukov became deputy prime minister of Russia underMikhail 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]
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 DeputyChairman 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 theRussian Olympic Committee and became anIOC member at the125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September 2013.[10] He was also president of theRussian Chess Federation from 2003[11] to 2009.[12][13]
He was sanctioned by theUK government on 11 March 2022 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[14]