Viktor Zubkov

Viktor Zubkov
Виктор Зубков
Zubkov in 2019
Prime Minister of Russia
In office
7 May 2012 – 8 May 2012
Acting
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Preceded byVladimir Putin
Succeeded byDmitry Medvedev
In office
14 September 2007 – 8 May 2008
PresidentVladimir Putin
DeputyIgor Shuvalov
Preceded byMikhail Fradkov
Succeeded byVladimir Putin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
12 May 2008 – 21 May 2012
Serving with Igor Shuvalov
Prime MinisterVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded byDmitry Medvedev
Sergei Ivanov
Succeeded byIgor Shuvalov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of the Union State
In office
15 October 2007 – 27 May 2008
Preceded byMikhail Fradkov
Succeeded byVladimir Putin
Personal details
Born
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov

(1941-09-15) 15 September 1941 (age 83)
Kushva, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1966–1991)
Independent (1991–1995)
Our Home – Russia (1995–2001)
United Russia (2001–present)
SpouseZoe Zubkova
ChildrenJulia Serdyukova
OccupationPolitician, businessman
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Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (Russian: Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ zʊpˈkof]; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Prime Minister of Russia from September 2007 to May 2008. He was Vladimir Putin's First Deputy Prime Minister during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev.

A civil servant who held various positions in the Leningrad Oblast under the Soviet regime, he later served as advisor to Cabinet Ministers. Zubkov was a financial crime investigator until he was nominated on 12 September 2007 by President Vladimir Putin to replace Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, who had resigned earlier that day.[1][2] The nomination was approved in the Duma on 14 September 2007.[3] On 7 May 2008 Zubkov's cabinet was automatically dismissed. This procedure, following an inauguration of the President of Russia is required by the Russian Constitution. After Putin became prime minister, Zubkov was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[4]

Now in his 80's Zubkov is still the current chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom, Russia's largest corporation and one of the largest oil and natural gas companies in the world.

  1. ^ "Putin names next prime minister", BBC News, 12 September 2007.
  2. ^ "Putin Dissolves Government, Nominates Viktor Zubkov as New Prime Minister", FOX News, 12 September 2007.
  3. ^ Duma approves Zubkov for prime minister’s post, ITAR-TASS. Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим (Decree 21) (in Russian). President of Russia. 10 January 2003.