Education
He graduated from Permanent State Technical University in 1981 and from the Law Department of Permanent State University in 1988.
He graduated from Permanent State Technical University in 1981 and from the Law Department of Permanent State University in 1988.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in economics in 1990. He was the trade representative of Russia to Switzerland from 1991 to 1994. After that he worked with the business group «Eks».
He was also a deputy of legislative assembly of Permanent Oblast from 1997 to 2000.
After this he became the representative of the region at Federation Council of Russia. He was appointed acting governor of Permanent Oblast in 2004, and was confirmed as governor of Permanent Krai in 2005 (after the merger of Permanent Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug).
