Born August 28, 1948 in the village of Verkhnyaya Davenda, Mogocha District in the Chita Region.

Education

1970: Graduated from the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economy.

PhD (Economics).

Military service

1970-1971: Military service.

Experience

1971-1982: Postgraduate, junior research associate, acting senior research associate, senior research associate at the Research Institute of Labour and Social Security at the Soviet Labour Ministry.

1982-1991: Senior expert, Deputy Section Head, Section Head at the General Department of the State Planning Committee (Gosplan).

1991: Appointed Deputy Head of the General Department at the Ministry of the Economy.

1992-2000: Head of the General Department, Department Head, Head of the Department for Labour, Employment and Social Policy at the Russian Ministry of the Economy.

2000-2004: Head of the Social Policy Department at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

2004-2006: Adviser at the Secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov.

2006-2012: Aide to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov.

2012: Adviser at the Social Development Department of the Russian Government.

May 24, 2012: Appointed head of the Secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets.

Awards

The Order of Honour

Other

Married, with a son and a daughter.