Viktor Zubkov

Born in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Zubkov graduated from the Economic Department of the Leningrad Agriculture Institute in 1972.

In 1966 he was drafted to the Soviet Army for an 18-month term. From 1967 to 1985 he worked on leading positions in kolkhozes of Leningrad Oblast. From 1985 to 1991 he occupied several leading positions in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Leningrad Oblast: Chairman of the Priozersk City Executive Committee, First Secretary of the Priozersk City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and head of the Department of Agriculture and Food Industry and the Agricultural Department of the Regional Committee of the CPSU. He was also First Deputy Chairman of the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee from 1989 to 1991.

In January 1992 to November 1993 he was a deputy Chairman of the External Relations Committee of the Saint Petersburg Mayor Office led by Vladimir Putin. From 3 November 1993, to 30 November 1998, Zubkov was the Chief of the Saint Petersburg Department of the State Tax Inspection and simultaneously a Deputy Chairman of the State Tax Inspection for Saint Petersburg.

In December 1998, during the term of Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet the State Tax Inspection was reorganized into the Tax Ministry of Russia and Zubkov's deputy head position was abolished, but he was immediately reappointed Chief of the Saint Petersburg Directorate of the Tax Ministry. On 23 July 1999 Zubkov was appointed Deputy Tax Minister of Russia for the Northwestern region. In a few days he was also appointed Chief of the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast Directorate of the Tax Ministry.

On 12 August 1999 he was registered as a contender in the Leningrad Oblast governor election, assisted by Boris Gryzlov as his election campaign manager, but lost the election to Valeriy Serdyukov on 19 September 1999, with 8.64 percent of the vote (4th place out of 16).

On 5 November 2001 he left his positions in the Tax Ministry and was appointed First Deputy Finance Minister of Russia and Chairman of the Financial Monitoring Committee of the ministry, aimed to fight money laundering.

On 16 March 2004 after the dismissal of Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet, the Financial Monitoring Committee was renamed to Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Finance Ministry, but Zubkov retained his position in Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet and Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet.

In a 2006 survey of political experts, Zubkov was ranked as Russia's 84th most influential politician.[4]

Zubkov's daughter is married to Anatoliy Serdyukov, the former Russian Defense Minister.[5]

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
  • 1st class
  • 2nd class (19 September 2008) - for his great personal contribution to the economic policy of the state and many years of fruitful activity
  • 3rd class (9 May 2006) - for outstanding contribution to protecting the economic interests of the Russian Federation and many years of diligent work
  • 4th class (11 April 2000) - for services to the state and a major contribution to the implementation of economic reforms
• Ceremonial dagger
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1981)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1975)
• Medal "Veteran of Labour" (1986)
• Honored Economist of the Russian Federation (16 September 2001) - for services in the field of economics and finance
• Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (1998)
• Honorary Citizen of the Leningrad Region (2009)
• Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st class (Russian Orthodox Church, 2011)

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• (in Russian) Biography by Vladimir Pribylovsky
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• Profile: Viktor Zubkow at BBC News, 12 September 2007
• "Viktor Zubkov collected news and commentary". The New York Times.
• Works by or about Viktor Zubkov in libraries (WorldCat catalog)