Sergey Sobyanin

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Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (Russian: Серге́й Семёнович Собя́нин; born July 21, 1958 in the village of Nyaksimvol of Beryozovsky District of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) is a Russian state and political figure, Deputy Prime Minister and former Head of the Administration of the President of Russia.

He is onsidered to be a close ally of Vladimir Bogdanov, Director General of Surgutneftegaz.[1], [2], [3]

After leaving the local school in Beryozovsky District in 1975, he matriculated into the TU of Kostroma. On graduation from university he got an assignment to the large tube-rolling factory in Chelyabinsk. Started working as a machinist there, he became a craftsman in a year and a half.

From 1982 to 1984 he worked with Komsomol in Chelyabinsk.

In 1984, he returned to Kogalym. There, he worked as a vice-chairman of the Kogalym selsovet (lowest level of administrative subdivision in rural areas), in a municipal economy department and local tax administration^{[citation needed]}.

In 1989, he got a second degree in jurisprudence. His Ph.D. Thesis was titled "Legal position of the autonomous okrugs as federal subjects of Russia".

In 1991, he was elected mayor of Kogalym.

Since 1993, he is the First Deputy of the Head of the Administration of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

In 1994, he was elected the chairman of Khanty-Mansi's Autonomous Okrug's Duma.

In January of 1996, he became a member of the Federation Council of Russia.

Since July of 1998, he is a chairman of the Constitutional Law, Judicial, and Legal Problems Committee.

On October 27, 1996, he was re-elected as a delegate and a chairman of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Duma.

On July 12, 2000 he was appointed the First Deputy of Plenipotentiary of President of Russia in the Urals Federal District.

On January 14, 2001 he was elected governor of Tyumen Oblast. During the campaign, oil tycoon Vladimir Bogdanov was its confidant. [4]

He is a member of the Supreme Soviet of "United Russia" political party since 2004.

In 2005, Sergey Sobyanin sent a request to the President of Russia about a vote of confidence. That was done in case of the change of the governor assignment procedure. Vladimir Putin nominated him for election by the Duma of the Tyumen Oblast and he was finally reelected on February 17, 2005.

Since November of 2005, he has been a head of the Administration of the President of Russia.

Awarded with a Medal of Honour, church II-nd stage order of St. Kniaz Danil Moscowskiy, Medal of Honour in Education, French Republic Medal of Honour in Agriculture.

Laureate of the "2003 Russia's Man of the Year: Politician" prize.

He is married; his wife's name is Irina. Sobyanin has two daughters: Anna and Olga.