First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia. Honorary President of the Russian Olympic Committee. Chairman of the RIOU Supervisory Board. IOC Member. Deputy Chairman of the RIOU Board of Trustees

Born on 1 June 1956 in Moscow

1978: graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in mathematical economics
1991: received an advanced degree from Harvard University, where he studied currency, tax and customs law
1978-1980: worked at the R&D Centre for Systemic Research, under the Soviet Academy of Sciences
1980-1991: worked at the Main Currency and Economy Directorate of the Ministry of Finance of the Soviet Union
1986-1989: served as the representative of the Baumansky District, Moscow, in the Council of the People's Deputies
1991-1993: Vice President of Avtotraktorexport
1994-2004: member of the First, Second, Third and Fourth State Dumas; Deputy Head/Head of the Duma Committee for Budget Issues and Taxes; First Deputy Speaker of the Fourth Duma
9 March 2004: appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
4 December 2011: elected member of the Sixth State Duma
21 December 2011: elected First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia
From 20 May 2010: President of the Russian Olympic Committee (reelected for the next term on 29 May 2014). 

Awards and honours:
Member of the Order of Honour, the Order of Service to the Fatherland (4th Class), and the Order of Friendship
Holds a certificate of honour and certificates of acknowledgement from the President of the Russian Federation
Member of the Bureau of the Supreme Council of the United Russia political party