Vladimir Gruzdev | |
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Владимир Груздев | |
4th Governor of Tula Oblast | |
In office 18 August 2011 – 2 February 2016 Acting: 29 June 2011 – 18 August 2011 |
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Preceded by | Vyacheslav Dudka |
Succeeded by | Alexey Dyumin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bolshevo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
February 6, 1967
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | United Russia |
Vladimir Sergeyevich Gruzdev (Russian: Владимир Серге́евич Груздев, born 6 February 1967)) is a Russian politician. He was a deputy of the State Duma (2003-2011) and governor of the Tula Oblast (2011-2016). Also since December 2016 - Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia.
Member of the Presidium of the Moscow city regional branch of the party "United Russia" and a member of the bureau of the Supreme Council of the party.
Vladimir Gruzdev was born on February 6, 1967 in the village of Bolshevo, Moscow region. In 1984 he graduated from the Moscow Suvorov Military School and entered the Military Red Banner Institute.
While studying at the Military Red Banner Institute, Vladimir Gruzdev was sent to work as a military interpreter in Angola and Mozambique. In 1989, for the courage shown in fulfilling his military duty, he was awarded the medal "For Battle Merit", the diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "Warrior-Internationalist".
In 1991 he graduated with honors from the Military Red Banner Institute as an interpreter-referent in Portuguese and English. In addition to these two languages, he speaks Spanish.
From 1991 to 1993 he served in the Foreign Intelligence Service.
In 2000 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University, majoring in Legal studies.
In 1993, after quitting the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, together with his partners he established the trading company "The Seventh Continent", where he worked at executive positions from 1994 to 2001.
In 2005 he entered the Russian rating of Forbes magazine with net worth of 0.34 billion dollars (89th place) for the first time. In 2014, his fortune reached a peak of $1.3 billion, which allowed Gruzdev to take 79th place in the ranking. As of 2016, he held 147th place in the Russian rating of Forbes magazine with a fortune of 0.55 billion dollars.