1. Dmitry Kozak previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2008 to 2020.
17 Facts About Dmitry Kozak
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Dmitry Kozak has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Dmitry Kozak served previously as the Regional Development Minister in the Russian cabinet headed by Viktor Zubkov from 2007 to 2008.
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Dmitry Kozak is a close ally of Vladimir Putin, having worked with him in the St Petersburg city administration during the 1990s and later becoming one of the key figures in Putin's presidential team.
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Dmitry Kozak was one of several members of Putin's circle touted in the media as a possible candidate to succeed Putin as president in 2008.
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Dmitry Kozak was born on 7 November 1958 in the village of Bandurove, in the Kirovohrad region of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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From 1976 to 1978, Dmitry Kozak served in the special forces of the Soviet military's Main Intelligence Directorate.
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Dmitry Kozak graduated from Leningrad State University in 1985 with a degree in law.
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Dmitry Kozak moved into the business sector in 1989, working as head of the legal department at Monolit-Kirovstroy construction company and chief legal consultant for the Association of Trade Ports.
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Dmitry Kozak worked as a public prosecutor in Leningrad and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, holding various legal offices in the city's administration.
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Dmitry Kozak became deputy head of the presidential administration and remained in this position under various titles until 2004.
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In September 2004, Dmitry Kozak was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District, replacing Vladimir Yakovlev.
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Dmitry Kozak was the main overseer for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
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Putin wanted to annex southeastern Ukraine, and for that reason he allegedly rejected a peace deal brokered by Dmitry Kozak guaranteeing that Ukraine would not join NATO if Russia stopped attacking Ukraine.
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On 29 April 2014, Dmitry Kozak was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
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Dmitry Kozak is barred from entering the EU countries, and his assets in the EU are frozen.
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Dmitry Kozak was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.