Born June 27, 1957, in Moscow
1984: graduated from the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Institute of Management with a degree in management engineering and economics
1987-1990: instructor/deputy manager of the organisational department of the Kuntsevo regional committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1990: deputy director of the Soyuz research and production association at the centre of youth labour associations of the Kuibyshev regional committee of Komsomol
1990-1997: held leading positions at privately-owned companies
1997-2000: deputy head of the administration of the Evenki Autonomous Area in Moscow, First Deputy Governor of the Evenki Autonomous Area
2000-2009: member of the third, fourth and fifth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
2009-present: head of the Federal Service for Insurance Supervision
Awarded the Medal of the Order of Services to the Fatherland, 2nd Class