Olga Kazakova

Olga Kazakova
Ольга Казакова
Member of the State Duma from Stavropol Krai's Mineralnye Vody constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office May 22, 2012
Personal details
Born	(1968-05-30) May 30, 1968 (age 53) Usolye-Sibirskoye  Soviet Union
Nationality	Russia
Political party	Komsomol; United Russia
Alma mater	University of Luhansk

Olga Kazakova (Russian: Ольга Михайловна Казакова; born May 30, 1968 in the city of Usolye-Sibirskoye, in the Soviet Union) is a Russian politician, was the Minister of Culture of the Stavropol Krai, since 2012, deputy of the State Duma, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture.^[1]

Career[]

Born in the family of an officer in the Soviet army, she lived with her family in the city of Lugansk, Ukrainian SSR. In 1990 she graduated from University of Luhansk with a degree in Russian language and literature. She is a Komsomol member.^[2]

From 1984 to 1991 at the Komsomol work, head of the children's dance club, kindergarten teacher. From 1992 to 1996, a primary school teacher in Vorkuta and Nevinnomyssk.

From 2000 to 2003, an assistant to a deputy of the city parliament of the city of Stavropol, executive director of the Slavyansk Sports Center. From 2003 to 2009, he was the head of the youth affairs department of the Administration of the city of Stavropol. From 2009 to 2011, chairman of the Committee on Youth Affairs of the Government of the Stavropol Krai. From 2011 to 2012, the Minister of Culture of the Government of the Stavropol Krai.^[3]

May 22, 2012, deputy of the State Duma of the sixth convocation of the United Russia fraction on the All-Russia People's Front quota from the Stavropol Territory, member of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children.^[4]

In 2016, according to the primaries of United Russia, it took 1st place (78% of the vote) in the single-member constituency. Re-elected deputy of the State Duma of the seventh convocation, elected first deputy chairman of the Committee on Culture.^[5]

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