Alexander Pochinok

Alexander Pochinok
Pochinok in 2013
Russian Federation Senator
from Perm Krai
In office
31 January 2012 – 2 July 2012
Preceded byIgor Shubin
Succeeded byAndrey Klimov
Russian Federation Senator
from Krasnodar Krai
In office
6 June 2007 – 14 October 2011
Preceded byFarkhad Akhmedov
Succeeded byAkhmed Bilalov
Minister of Labor and Social Development
In office
May 2000 – March 2004
Prime MinisterMikhail Kasyanov
Preceded bySergey Kalashnikov [ru]
Succeeded byMikhail Zurabov (for social development portfolio)
Minister of Taxes and Levies
In office
25 May 1999 – 18 May 2000
Prime MinisterSergey Stepashin
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byGeorgy Boos
Succeeded byGennady Bukayev [ru]
Personal details
Born
Alexander Petrovich Pochinok

(1958-01-12)12 January 1958
Chelyabinsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died16 March 2014(2014-03-16) (aged 56)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
Political partyCivic Platform (2012–14)
Other political
affiliations
CPSU (1985–91), DVR (1993–2001), SPS (2001–08)
Alma materChelyabinsk Lenin Komsomol Polytechnic Institute
Institute of Economy of the Soviet Academy of Sciences [ru]

Alexander Petrovich Pochinok (Russian: Александр Петрович Починок; 12 January 1958 – 16 March 2014) was a Russian economist and politician. He was the minister of taxes and levies from 1999 to 2000 and minister of labor and social development from 2000 to 2004.