Born on August 22, 1955 in Yenotayevsk, Astrakhan Region.

1977: graduated from the Moscow Goryachkin Institute of Agricultural Engineers.

1986: graduated from the All-Union Academy of Foreign Trade.

1977-1979: senior engineer at the Narsky complex of the Naro-Osanovsky state farm, Moscow Region.

1979-1980: acting chief engineer and Deputy Production Director at the Naro-Osanovsky state farm, Moscow Region.

1980-1981: chief engineer at the Barybino state farm, Moscow Region.

1981-1986: chief mechanical engineer at the Dzerzhinsky collective farm and the Prigorodnoye Association, Moscow Region.

1986-1989: Deputy Director General for Mechanisation and Transport at the Moskva Agro-Industrial Complex, Moscow.

1989-1993: Deputy Director General for Mechanisation and Head of the Mechanisation, Energy, and Production Automation Department at the Moskva Agro-Industrial Complex, Moscow.

1993-1994: Head of the Department for Foreign Economic and Foreign Trade Cooperation, and Introduction of Advanced Technologies, and Deputy Director General of the Moskva Agro-Industrial Complex, Moscow.

1994-1995: Head of the Production Directorate at the Agroplemsoyuz Company, Moscow.

1995-1997: Vice President and Head of the Production Directorate at the Agroplemsoyuz Company, Moscow.

1997-2000: Director General of the Agroplemsoyuz Company, Moscow.

2000-2004: First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

March 12, 2004: appointed Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision.

PhD in Agriculture.

State awards: Medal for Outstanding Labour Achievement and Medal of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow.

Holds the title of Merited Agriculture Worker of the Russian Federation.