1977 — graduated from V. P. Goryachkin Moscow Institute of Agricultural Industry 1986 — graduated from All-Union People's Friendship Order Foreign Trade Academy. 2000-2004 — First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. Since 2004 — Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor). Full State Counsellor 1st Class of the Russian Federation.