Viktor Zubkov

Viktor Zubkov
Виктор Зубков
Zubkov in 2019
Prime Minister of Russia
In office 7 May 2012 – 8 May 2012 Acting
President	Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Dmitry Medvedev
In office 14 September 2007 – 8 May 2008
President	Vladimir Putin
Deputy	Igor Shuvalov
Preceded by	Mikhail Fradkov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office 12 May 2008 – 21 May 2012 Serving with Igor Shuvalov
Prime Minister	Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Dmitry Medvedev Sergei Ivanov
Succeeded by	Igor Shuvalov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State
In office 15 October 2007 – 27 May 2008
Preceded by	Mikhail Fradkov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin
Personal details
Born	Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (1941-09-15) 15 September 1941 (age 82) Kushva, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1966–1991) Independent (1991–1995) Our Home – Russia (1995–2001) United Russia (2001–present)
Spouse	Zoe Zubkova
Children	Julia Serdyukova
Occupation	Politician, businessman
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Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (Russian: Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ zʊpˈkof]; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Prime Minister of Russia from September 2007 to May 2008. He was Vladimir Putin's First Deputy Prime Minister during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev.

A civil servant who held various positions in the Leningrad Oblast under the Soviet regime, he later served as advisor to Cabinet Ministers. Zubkov was a financial crime investigator until he was nominated on 12 September 2007 by President Vladimir Putin to replace Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, who had resigned earlier that day.^[1][2] The nomination was approved in the Duma on 14 September 2007.^[3] On 7 May 2008 Zubkov's cabinet was automatically dismissed. This procedure, following an inauguration of the President of Russia is required by the Russian Constitution. After Putin became Prime Minister, Zubkov was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[4]

Now in his 80's Zubkov is still the current chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom, Russia's largest corporation and one of the largest oil and natural gas companies in the world.