Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the RF to the Volga Federal District

Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the RF to the Volga Federal District

Mikhail Viktorovich Babich

Born on: May 28, 1969 in the city of Ryazan

• In 1990 Mikhail Babich graduated from the Ryazan Higher Military Command School named after the USSR Marshall M.V. Zakharov; in 1998, School of Law affiliated to Moscow Institute of Economics, Management and Law; in 2000, National Academy of Public Administration; in 2005, Faculty of Professional Development and Skills Upgrading of the Military Academy of Central Command of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Ph.D. in Economics.
• 1999 - January 2000: First Deputy Director General of the State Unitary Enterprise "Federal Agency for Food Market Regulation" affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Russia.
• January 2000 - December 2000: Vice-Chairman of the Government of the Moscow region.
• January 2001 - November 2002: First Deputy Head of Administration of the Ivanovo region, Head of the Ivanovo Region Administration Representative Office affiliated to the Government of the Russian Federation.
• November 2002 - February 2003: Chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic.
• February 2003 - December 2003: Executive Assistant Director for Border Guard Service affiliated to the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia; Undersecretary of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.
• 2003 - 2011: Deputy of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Member of the United Russia fraction, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee.
• December 15th, 2011 to Present: Russian Presidential Envoy to Volga Federal District.