Oleg Chirkunov
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| Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov Олег Анатольевич Чиркунов |
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Governor of Perm Krai
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| Assumed office March 12, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Yuri Trutnev |
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| Born | November 15, 1958 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).

