Lev Vladimirovich Kuznetsov
Russian politician and businessman (born 1965)
Лев Кузнецов
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Kuznetsov in 2014
May 12, 2014 – May 18, 2018
February 17, 2010 – May 12, 2014
Alexander Khloponin
6 June 2003 – 12 November 2003
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Lev Vladimirovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Лев Владимирович Кузнецов, IPA: [ˈlʲef vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ kʊzʲnʲɪˈtsof]; born April 25, 1965) is a Russian politician and businessman. Since 2015 he has served as the Russian Minister for North Caucasus Affairs. From February 2010 to May 2014, Kuznetsov was the Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai.
Previously he was an advisor on Economic Matters to Governor Alexander Khloponin, the acting mayor of Norilsk, and Khloponin's First Deputy Governor from 2003 to 2007.[2]
He graduated from the State Finance Academy in 1990.