Born February 16, 1966, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
1992: graduated from the Military Institute of the Red Banner.
1984-1997: served in the Armed Forces.
1997-2001: department head at Norilsk Nickel.
2001-2003: head of a directorate in the government of the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous Area.
2004-2008: information officer at the Department of Regional Monitoring in the Government of the Russian Federation.
2008-2010: head of the permanent mission of the Krasnoyarsk Territory to the Government of the Russian Federation.
January 21, 2010: appointed head of the Secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin.