1. Viktor Zubkov was Vladimir Putin's First Deputy Prime Minister during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev.
11 Facts About Viktor Zubkov
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Viktor Zubkov has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Now in his 80's Viktor 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.
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Viktor Zubkov was First Deputy Chairman of the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee from 1989 to 1991.
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From 3 November 1993 to 30 November 1998, Viktor 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.
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On 23 July 1999, Viktor Zubkov was appointed Deputy Tax Minister of Russia for the Northwestern region.
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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 Viktor Zubkov retained his position in Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet and Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet.
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Viktor Zubkov's daughter is married to Anatoly Serdyukov, the former Russian Defense Minister.
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Viktor Zubkov resigned 8 May 2008, after Dmitry Medvedev became president.
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On 13 September, Viktor Zubkov himself said he might run for President of Russia in 2008.
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Viktor Zubkov was sanctioned by the UK government on 24 February 2023 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.