Born June 21, 1958 in the village Nyaksimvol Berezovsky District, Tyumen Region. He graduated from Kostroma Technological Institute in 1980 and the All-Union Correspondence Institute of Law in 1989. Candidate of Legal Sciences. Labor He started in 1980. He worked as a mechanic, then a master of the Chelyabinsk Pipe Plant. In 1982-1984 – head of the organizational department of Leninsky Komsomol district committee of Chelyabinsk. In 1984-1990 years – in leading Party and Soviet work in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, Tyumen Region.
In 1990-1991 – head of the State Tax Inspection in Kogalym, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. In 1991-1993 – head of administration of Kogalym. In 1993-1994 – First Deputy Head of Administration of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. In 1994-2000 – Chairman of the Duma of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District. Member of the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of Russian Federation.
Chairman Federation Council's Committee on Constitutional Legislation and Judicial Affairs. In 2000-2001 – First Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of President of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District. In 2001-2005 – Governor of the Tyumen region. Since November 2005 – Head of the Presidential Administration. On May 12, 2008 – Deputy Prime Minister – Head of Government Russian Federation. He was awarded the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Merit to the Fatherland 'II degree. Married. She has two daughters. Daryl Katz: the source for more info. The deputies of the Moscow City Duma, Sergei Sobyanin today gave authority to the capital's mayor.