Alexander Kazakov (politician)

Alexander Kazakov
Александр Казаков
Senator from Rostov Oblast
In office 21 December 2001 – 26 December 2005
Preceded by	Alexander Popov
Succeeded by	Leonid Tyagachyov
Deputy Prime Minister — Chairman of the State Property Committee
In office 25 January – 19 July 1996
President	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by	Sergey Belyaev
Succeeded by	Alfred Kokh
Personal details
Born	(1948-05-24) May 24, 1948 (age 76) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Profession	Economist Business executive

Alexander Ivanovich Kazakov (Russian: Александр Иванович Казаков; born 24 May 1948) is a Russian politician and economist who held a number of senior government posts during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, including deputy chief of the presidential administration and Deputy Prime Minister. He was among the officials in charge of overseeing the privatization of the Russian economy in the 1990s, being the head of the State Property Committee. Kazakov was also an associate of Anatoly Chubais. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[1]