- Georgy Boos
Georgy Valentinovich Boos (in _ru. Георгий Валентинович Боос, b.
January 22 1963 , inMoscow ,Soviet Union ) is aRussia n businessman and politician, the governor ofKaliningrad Oblast .In 1995 – 1998, 1999 – 2005, he was a deputy of the
State Duma , a vice-speaker (December 29 2003 , -September 21 2005 ). Boos is known as a close ally to Moscow majorYuri Luzhkov . He was a member of centrist Fatherland party led by Luzhkov, since it merged with Unity party he became a member ofUnited Russia .From
September 29 tillDecember 23 1998 he was the Chairman of the State Tax Service of Russia, from December 23 tillMay 25 1999 , as the service had become a ministry, the Minister of Taxes.On
September 14 2005 he was proposed by PresidentVladimir Putin to theKaliningrad Oblast legislature as a governor ofKaliningrad Oblast and was approved soon after this.
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