Valery Zubov

Valery Mikhailovich Zubov (Russian: Валерий Михайлович Зубов; 9 May 1953 - 27 April 2016), was a Russian politician and economist who had served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2016.

Valery Zubov was born on 9 May 1953 to a family of geologists.

In 1970, he graduated from high school in Lermontov, in Stavropol Krai.

In 1970 to 1971, he worked in the Kazakh SSR as a fitter of the assembly and construction department of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building.

He worked as an assistant driller in a geological exploration expedition in the Stavropol Krai, in the village of Arzgir.

In 1971, he entered the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, but two years later he decided to transfer to the Moscow Institute of National Economy named after G.V. Plekhanov.

In 1977, he graduated with honors from the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of National Economy with a degree in national economy planning.}

In 1978 to 1979, he served in the Air Defense Forces.

In 1982, at the Moscow Institute of National Economy named after G.V. Plekhanov, he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of economic sciences, and, at his own request, was assigned to work in Krasnoyarsk.

Between 1982 and 1988, as well as from 1991 to 1992, he worked at the Krasnoyarsk State University.

He went from senior lecturer to dean of the Faculty of Economics.

He became the youngest dean in the country during and after Soviet times.

From 1986 to 1987, he did an internship in the United States at the University of Oklahoma, where he studied the peculiarities of the organization of labor in the US.

From 1988 to 1991, he studied at the doctoral program of the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics.

In the late 1990s, he was deputy director of the Krasnoyarsk Universal Commodity and Stock Exchange for operations with securities, as well as the founders of the Troika Krasnoyarsk stock exchange.

In 1991, at the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Economics on the topic "Methodology for statistical assessment of the quality of economic growth."

In 1992, Zubov became the Deputy Head of the Administration of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, as the Head of the Main Department of Economics of the Krsi Administration.

Zubov had also served as the second governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai from 1993 to 1998.

He was one of the four co-chairs of the Republican Party of Russia.

He was a doctor of Economics, Professor, and specialist in the field of economic statistics.

He was the author of four monographs, 27 scientific papers.

He was the professor of the Higher School of Business of Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov.

On 28 January 1993, Zubov became the acting governor (head) of Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Then in April, he was elected the 2nd governor (head) of Krasnoyarsk Krai.

In the fall of 1993, he supported the dissolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation.

As Governor, he had the nickname "Regional Gaidar".

In 1993, he was nominated as a candidate member of the Federation Council in a two-mandate district from the Krasnoyarsk Krai, and from 1994 to 1995, he was a member of the Federation Council of the 1st convocation (Yenisei District No. 24), a member of the Committee on Budget, Financial, Currency and Credit Regulation, Money Issue, tax policy and customs regulation.

In 1996 to 1998, he was a member of the Federation Council of the 2nd convocation, as a deputy chairman of the Federation Council, and coordinator of the work of committees on socio-economic issues.

On 17 May 1998, Zubov was defeated in the gubernatorial election by Alexander Lebed.

In November 1998, he was the co-chairman of the Siberian socio-political movement "Union for the Future".

He was a member of the Interregional Association "Siberian Agreement".

In 1999, he was the Professor of the Department of Social and Economic Planning of the Krasnoyarsk State University.

He was a member of the National Council for Corporate Governance.

He was the president of the International Association of Housing and Mortgage Funds (MAIF).

He was the vice president of the Russian Chess Federation.

He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Economic Sciences and Entrepreneurship of Russia.

In December 1999, Zubov was elected to the State Duma from the Krasnoyarsk single-mandate constituency No. 48, gaining 33.3% of the vote.

He was a member of the deputy group "People's Deputy".

From 2000 to 2002, he was a member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes.

From 2001 to 2004, he was a member of the working (tripartite) group for improving interbudgetary relations in the Russian Federation.