15 july 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Volgograd Region Governor Anatoly Brovko

Governor Anatoly Brovko reported to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the unemployment rate in the region had fallen considerably, to below the national average. The governor also noted there are more job openings than unemployed person in the region.
The Prime Minister and the governor also discussed a number of problem areas. The governor emphasised the need for agricultural development, saying: “We need to focus on strengthening the livestock sector and restructuring the agricultural industry.”

Born August 22, 1966 in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, Ukrainian SSR.

Education

1985: Graduated from the Donetsk Polytechnic College majoring in "Equipment of Coke-Chemical Plants." Worked as an assembly fitter at Zhdanovsky and Makeyevsky coke-chemical plants.

Served with the Armed Forces.

1993: Graduated from the Economics and Transport Management Faculty, State Management Academy.

1993-1994: Economist at the production-commercial firm Kometa in Moscow.

1994-1998: Chief accountant and financial director of Russian Petroleum Products.

May 1998-May 2000: Deputy Vice President for Finance with Metallurgical Investment Company.

2000-2002: Director-General of the Volga Pipe Plant,

2002-2003: Director-General of Taganrog Metallurgical Plant and deputy director-general for management of the Pipe Metallurgical Company.

2003: Appointed Director General of Kolchugtsvetmet.

October 2005: Appointed deputy director-general of the non-commercial partnership Southern Russia Investment and Development Agency and director-general of the Volgograd Region Investment and Development Agency.

September 2006-May 2009: Deputy Chief of the Volgograd Region Administration for Investment and Trade, and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Volgograd Region Investment and Development Agency.

May 2009: Deputy chief of the Volgograd Region Administration for Entrepreneurship, Industry and Trade.

December 25, 2009: President Dmitry Medvedev proposed to the Volgograd Regional Duma the candidacy of Anatoly Brovko for head of the Volgograd Region Administration. December 29: Volgograd Regional Duma confirmed his appointment.

Personal

Married, with three sons and a daughter.