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2018 –present - Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation

Job responsibilities:
• development and implementation of state policy and regulatory legal regulation in the field of construction, architecture, urban planning (with the exception of territorial planning, urban planning zoning, land management) and technical regulation in construction, as well as the introduction of information modeling technologies in the field of industrial and civil construction.

2016 - 2018 - Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Khabarovsk Territory for the integrated development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Job responsibilities:
• management of a large federal project for the development of the territory: "Long-term plan for the comprehensive socio-economic development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur", organization and coordination of interaction between municipal and regional authorities, 17 federal executive authorities, 14 state-owned companies and development institutions

2015 - 2016 - Group of Companies "SU-33", Advisor to the General Director
2007 - 2015 - Group of Companies "SU-33", General Director

The main activities of GC "SU-33":
development and comprehensive implementation of technically complex and unique construction projects, including in conditions of severe regime restrictions associated with the protection of state secrets, for:
- radio engineering and pharmaceutical industry;
- objects of science and information security in the interests of the state.

Job responsibilities:
• management of large construction projects;

2014 - 2015 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Central Institute of Typical Design" named after G.K. Ordzhonikidze

Job responsibilities:
• implementation of strategic planning for the development of the group's companies;
• organization of external and internal audit, work of the financial service;
• attraction of funds in the form of loans, leasing;
• venture investment in IT projects;
• organization of corporate governance of the group of companies;
• performance of the duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors;
• the function of organizing constant modernization of production within the framework of the quality management system and innovation management in the group of companies


Education:
1986-1994. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, specialization mathematical physics, theory of optimal control.
1994-1998. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law, specialization in Civil Law.
2002-2004. Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, postgraduate course, psychology of professional activity, Candidate of Psychological Sciences.
2012-2014 Doctor of Business Administration (DBA). Specialization "Corporate Governance". Certified “Professional Level “A”, Corporate Governance”, European Economic Committee.

Additional education, advanced training:

2002-State Academy of Advanced Training and Retraining of Personnel for Construction and Housing and Communal Complex of Russia, advanced training "Activities for the construction of buildings and structures"
2004-Candidate of Psychological Sciences
2005-Foundation for Living, " Transformational Leadership»
2008-Institute of Additional Professional Education of Specialists, advanced training "Environmental protection at construction sites"
2018-2019-professional retraining ("Governor's courses", professional activity in the field of public and municipal administration), Higher School of Public Administration of the RANGHiGS.

2019-2020-professional retraining (professional activity in the field of development of state and public development strategies), MASTER IN PUBLIC STRATEGY program, Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo»
2018 –present - Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation

Job responsibilities:
• development and implementation of state policy and regulatory legal regulation in the field of construction, architecture, urban planning (with the exception of territorial planning, urban planning zoning, land management) and technical regulation in construction, as well as the introduction of information modeling technologies in the field of industrial and civil construction.

2016 - 2018 - Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Khabarovsk Territory for the integrated development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Job responsibilities:
• management of a large federal project for the development of the territory: "Long-term plan for the comprehensive socio-economic development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur", organization and coordination of interaction between municipal and regional authorities, 17 federal executive authorities, 14 state-owned companies and development institutions

2015 - 2016 - Group of Companies "SU-33", Advisor to the General Director
2007 - 2015 - Group of Companies "SU-33", General Director

The main activities of GC "SU-33":
development and comprehensive implementation of technically complex and unique construction projects, including in conditions of severe regime restrictions associated with the protection of state secrets, for:
- radio engineering and pharmaceutical industry;
- objects of science and information security in the interests of the state.

Job responsibilities:
• management of large construction projects;

2014 - 2015 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Central Institute of Typical Design" named after G.K. Ordzhonikidze

Job responsibilities:
• implementation of strategic planning for the development of the group's companies;
• organization of external and internal audit, work of the financial service;
• attraction of funds in the form of loans, leasing;
• venture investment in IT projects;
• organization of corporate governance of the group of companies;
• performance of the duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors;
• the function of organizing constant modernization of production within the framework of the quality management system and innovation management in the group of companies


Education:
1986-1994. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, specialization mathematical physics, theory of optimal control.
1994-1998. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law, specialization in Civil Law.
2002-2004. Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, postgraduate course, psychology of professional activity, Candidate of Psychological Sciences.
2012-2014 Doctor of Business Administration (DBA). Specialization "Corporate Governance". Certified “Professional Level “A”, Corporate Governance”, European Economic Committee.

Additional education, advanced training:

2002-State Academy of Advanced Training and Retraining of Personnel for Construction and Housing and Communal Complex of Russia, advanced training "Activities for the construction of buildings and structures"
2004-Candidate of Psychological Sciences
2005-Foundation for Living, " Transformational Leadership»
2008-Institute of Additional Professional Education of Specialists, advanced training "Environmental protection at construction sites"
2018-2019-professional retraining ("Governor's courses", professional activity in the field of public and municipal administration), Higher School of Public Administration of the RANGHiGS.

2019-2020-professional retraining (professional activity in the field of development of state and public development strategies), MASTER IN PUBLIC STRATEGY program, Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo»

Alexander Smekalin was born on March 25, 1980, in the Ulyanovsk region.
In 2002 he graduated with honours from Ulyanovsk State University (Institute of Economics and Business, Management Department).
2002 – 2009 – he made his way up from the Principal Specialist to the Head of the Department of Investments and Foreign affairs of the Government of the Ulyanovsk region
2009 – Head of the Investments Department of the Ministry of Economy of the Ulyanovsk region
2010 – Head of the Department of Regional Economy Modernization and Development of the Government of the Ulyanovsk region.
2011 – Minister of Strategic Development and Innovations of the Government of the Ulyanovsk region
2013 – First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Ulyanovsk region - Minister of Strategic Development and Innovations
2014 – First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Ulyanovsk region
2016 – Chairman of the Government of the Ulyanovsk region
Married, has two children.

Born on 11 July 1981 in Lipetsk. Graduated cum laude from the Lipetsk State Technical University in 2003 (Department of Physics and Technology) with a degree in Industrial Heat and Power Engineering. In 2006, he obtained a degree in Financial Management from the All-Russian Distance Learning Institute of Finance and Economics. From 2012 to 2013, Mr Sokolov completed studies in Managing Large-Scale Road Projects at the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management.From December 2005 to January 2010 he was Head of the Procurement Department at the Municipal Orders Division of the Lipetsk City Administration. From January 2010 to May 2013 he was Deputy Head of the Procurement Center of the State Company Russian Highways. From May 2013 to April 2015, he was General Director of OOO Avtodor Trading Systems. In April 2015, he was appointed Director of the Competition Policy Department of the State Company Russian Highways.