Mikhail Pavlovich Mokretsov (; born 9 February 1961) is a

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n businessman and state official who served as Director of the

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from 2007 and 2010. He has the federal state civilian service rank of

1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 70px, Shoulder's rank 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation () is the highest federal state civilian service rank of Russia. The rank of the 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation was first introduced ...

Early life

Mikhail Mokretsov graduated the Leningrad Institute of Finance & Economics (currently

Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance ( Russian: ''Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет экономики и финансов'') was a public university in Saint Petersb ...

) in 1984 with a degree in economics. After graduating he served for two years as an officer in the

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Career

In the years 1986 - 1988 he worked as a Deputy Accountant General at the "Bolshevik" plant in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

. The plant was producing high-tech equipment for the

. In 1989 - 1992 was an Accountant General at "DAP International", a company operating in the sphere of international trade. Later, in 1992 - 1996 worked as a Financial Director in the agricultural company "Rosagrico". From 1996 to year 2000 was a Director General of the consulting company "A&P Audit", which he also co-owned. Since year 2000 has been a state official. First, Mr. Mokretsov worked as a Chief of the Control & Inspection Department of the

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia. Later he was promoted to the position of Deputy Chief of the

Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia. In 2004 he moved to

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and became the Chief of the

Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia. The same year he was later appointed a Chief of the International Cooperation Department of the Tax Ministry of Russia. On 19 November 2004 Mokretsov became the Deputy Chief of the Federal Tax Service, which Tax Ministry of Russia was reorganized into. On 21 February 2007 he was appointed as the Chief of the Federal Tax Service. Mikhail Mokretsov is famous for his strict policy against tax legislation offenders and was considered to be one of the closest allies of the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation

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and

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Viktor Zubkov Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the List of h ...

. Mikhail Mokretsov is married and has a son named Alexander (born 1984). In 2006 Mikhail Mokretsov was given the title of Honoured Economist of the Russian Federation. On 7 April 2010 Mikhail Mokretsov was appointed Chief of Staff of

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References

External links

Мокрецов, Михаил // Lenta.ru
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