Oleg Chirkunov

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Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov
 Олег Анатольевич Чиркунов

Governor of Perm Krai
Incumbent
Assumed office 
March 12, 2004
Preceded by Yuri Trutnev

Born November 15, 1958 (1958-11-15) (age 49)
Kirovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Religion Eastern Orthodox
Website perm.ru

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

[edit] Early life and career

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.

He was trade representative of Russia to Switzerland from 1991 to 1994. After that he worked at business group «Eks». He also was a deputy of legislative assembly of Perm Oblast from 1997 to 2000. After has representative 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).

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