Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Alexander Zhukov is the current Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation. Elected to this post in 2004, Mr. Zhukov has an extensive background in government and politics. Previously elected, in 2003, First Vice-Chairman of the State Duma, one of the houses of Russia's parliament, Zhukov, a trained economist has also served on the staff of the Currency and Economy Department at the USSR Ministry of Finance from 1980-1991. From 1991 to 2003 he was a Deputy of the State Duma, during which period he was a member, and then chairman of the Budget Committee, Taxation Banks and Finance, and a member of the Commission on State Debt and Foreign Assets.