Born March 8, 1963, in Ulyanovsk.
1991: graduated from the Moscow Law Institute.
1980-2002: Employed in public service.
2002-2003: Served as head of the Organisation and Monitoring Department, Volga Federal District Inspection of the Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District, Nizhny Novgorod.
2003-2004: Served as Vice-President of the Machine Builders' Independent Association, Moscow.
2004-2005: Served as head of the Legal and Economic Support Directorate at the Federal Agency for Water Resources.
2005-2009: Served as Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Water Resources.
July 15, 2009: Appointed Head of the Federal Agency for Water Resources.