Vitaly Mutko
| Vitaly Mutko | |
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| Виталий Мутко | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
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Assumed office 19 October 2016 |
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| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Minister of Sport | |
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In office 21 May 2012 – 19 October 2016 |
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| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Deputy | Pavel Kolobkov |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Kolobkov |
| Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy | |
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In office 12 May 2008 – 21 May 2012 |
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| President |
Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
| Prime Minister |
Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Deputy | Pavel Kolobkov |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Senator from St. Petersburg | |
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In office 29 October 2003 – 12 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Mikhail G. Mikhailovsky |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Tarasov |
| Personal details | |
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Vitaly Leontiyevich Mutko 8 December 1958 Kura, Apsheronsky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
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Vitaly Leontiyevich Mutko (Russian: Виталий Леонтьевич Мутко; born 8 December 1958) is a Russian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia since 2016. He was the Minister of Sport from 2008 to 2016.
Mutko was previously president of the Russian side FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, and is also the President of the Russian Football Union.
Mutko was born on 8 December 1958 in the village of Kura of Apsheronsky District in Krasnodar Krai. He started working as a technician on shipping vessels in 1977. In 1983, he was selected to work for the executive committee of Kirov district of Leningrad. He attended the Water Transport Institute in Leningrad, graduating from the River Vocational College in 1987. In 1990, he was appointed as a member of the district council and the head of the district administration a year later. He also graduated from the Law Department of Saint Petersburg State University in 1999.
In 1992, he became the deputy mayor of Saint Petersburg as well as the chairman of the City Committee on Social Issues. He served in both the positions until 1996. Along with Vladimir Putin in 1994, who at the time headed the city mayor's committee for external relations, he helped organize the 1994 Goodwill Games which was the first major sporting event in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
He also moved into sports administration and became the president of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in 1997. During his tenure, he oversaw the club's rise to sporting prominence as well as economic transformation. He founded the Russian Premier League in 2001 and became its President, a position which he held until 2003. He was appointed to the committee of Russian Paralympic Committee in 2002 and has also chaired committees and charities for helping people with mental disabilities.
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