Alexander Zhukov

Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Жу́ков; 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]

Alexander Zhukov
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma
Assumed office
21 December 2011
In office
29 December 2003  10 March 2004
Member of the State Duma
Assumed office
21 December 2011
In office
12 December 1993  10 March 2004
ConstituencyPreobrazhensky
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
9 March 2004  20 December 2011
President of the Russian Olympic Committee
In office
20 May 2010  2 May 2018
Preceded byLeonid Tyagachev
Succeeded byStanislav Pozdnyakov
Personal details
Born (1956-06-01) 1 June 1956
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)[1]
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materMSU Faculty of Economics
Harvard University[2]

Education

Zhukov is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.[2][5]

Career

Zhukov is the president of the Russian Olympic Committee and became an IOC member at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September 2013.[6] He was also president of the Russian Chess Federation from 2003[7] to 2009.[8][9]

Honours

References

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