Alexander Zhukov

Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Жу́ков; born 1 June 1956)[1] is a Russian economist and politician. Zhukov was a member of the State Duma from 1994 to 2004. He is the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly. Previously he was also the President of the Russian Olympic Committee.[3][4]

Alexander Zhukov
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2011
In office 29 December 2003 – 10 March 2004
Member of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2011
In office 12 December 1993 – 10 March 2004
Constituency	Preobrazhensky
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office 9 March 2004 – 20 December 2011
President of the Russian Olympic Committee
In office 20 May 2010 – 2 May 2018
Preceded by	Leonid Tyagachev
Succeeded by	Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Personal details
Born	1 June 1956 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)[1]
Political party	United Russia
Alma mater	MSU Faculty of Economics Harvard University[2]

Education

Zhukov is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.[2][5]

Career

Zhukov is the president of the Russian Olympic Committee and became an IOC member at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September 2013.[6] He was also president of the Russian Chess Federation from 2003[7] to 2009.[8][9]

Honours

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, class IV (1 June 2006) - for services to the state and many years of diligent work
• Order of Honour (24 April 2003) - for active legislative activity and many years of honest work
• Diploma of the President of Russia (4 December 2009) - for active participation in preparing and conducting the All-Russia Forum "Russia — Sports Power"

References

1. Биография Александра Жукова (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 9 October 2013.
2. "Banker hit by Russian chief's son". Metro. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
3. "Olympic Highlights". IOC. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
4. "Putin calls for investigation of Russian doping allegations". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
5. "Sochi Preview". Harvard Business School. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
6. IOC Session elects nine new members
7. "New Officials of the Russian Chess Federation". FIDE. 2003-04-18.
8. Crowther, Mark (2010-05-22). "More questions than answers in the race for FIDE President". The Week in Chess.
9. Alexander Zhukov. Russian Olympic Committee.

• Lenta.ru. Alexander Zhukov (in Russian)
• Bigmir.net. Олимпийский комитет России получил нового руководителя (in Russian)