Oleg Chirkunov

Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov Олег Анатольевич Чиркунов
Governor of Perm Krai
Incumbent
Assumed office March 12, 2004
Preceded by	Yuri Trutnev
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Born	November 15, 1958 (1958-11-15) (age 53) Kirovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Religion	Eastern Orthodox
Website	perm.ru chirkunov.com

Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Чиркунов; Russian pronunciation: [ɐˈlʲɛk tɕɪrkuˈnof]) b. November 15, 1958 in Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia is the governor of Perm Krai. [1]

Early life

He graduated from Perm State Technical University in 1981 and from the Law Department of Perm State University in 1988. He received his PhD in economics in 1990.

Career

He was the trade representative of Russia to Switzerland from 1991 to 1994. After that he worked with the business group «Eks». He was also a deputy of legislative assembly of Perm Oblast from 1997 to 2000. After this he became the representative of the region at Federation Council of Russia. He was appointed acting governor of Perm Oblast in 2004, and was confirmed as governor of Perm Krai in 2005 (after the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug).

External links

• Oleg Chirkunov's blog

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Name	Chirkunov, Oleg
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Date of birth	November 15, 1958
Place of birth	Kirovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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