Career notes: Yet another �political unkown� with �no government track-record�... 47 years old... Takes over ministry which no longer contains the words �Fuel And�. though no one knows what this means... Cut his teeth in legendary Tyumen, graduating from the region�s technical institute... worked several �energy-related� jobs before becoming �a LUKOil man in a big way�... formerly the Mayor of Kogalym... currently expected to do good things, like bringing Russia�s oil and gas sectors under strict regulatory control

Minor League Notes: Born in Zaporozhskaya oblast in Ukraine.