Mikhail Pavlovich Mokretsov (russian: Михаил Павлович Мокрецов) (born 9 February 1961, Udmurt ASSR) is a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

n businessman and state official who served as Director of the

Federal Taxation Service The Federal Taxation Service (russian: Федеральная налоговая служба, Federalnaya nalogovaya sluzhba) or shortly FNS (russian: ФНС) is a federal body of executive authority responsible for carrying out state registrati ...

from 2007 and 2010.

Early life

Mikhail Mokretsov graduated the Leningrad Institute of Finance & Economics (currently

Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (''Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет экономики и финансов'') was a public university in Saint Petersburg, Ru ...

) in 1984 with a degree in economics. After graduating he served for two years as an officer in the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

Career

In the years 1986 - 1988 he worked as a Deputy Accountant General at the "Bolshevik" plant in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. The plant was producing high-tech equipment for the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

. In 1989 - 1992 was an Accountant General at "DAP International", a company operating in the sphere of international trade. Later, in 1992 - 1996 worked as a Financial Director in the agricultural company "Rosagrico". From 1996 to year 2000 was a Director General of the consulting company "A&P Audit", which he also co-owned. Since year 2000 has been a state official. First, Mr. Mokretsov worked as a Chief of the Control & Inspection Department of the

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia. Later he was promoted to the position of Deputy Chief of the

Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia. In 2004 he moved to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

and became the Chief of the

Directorate of the Tax Ministry of Russia. The same year he was later appointed a Chief of the International Cooperation Department of the Tax Ministry of Russia. On 19 November 2004 Mokretsov became the Deputy Chief of the Federal Tax Service, which Tax Ministry of Russia was reorganized into. On 21 February 2007 he was appointed as the Chief of the Federal Tax Service. Mikhail Mokretsov is famous for his strict policy against tax legislation offenders and was considered to be one of the closest allies of the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation

Anatoliy Serdyukov Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov (russian: Анатолий Эдуардович Сердюков; born 8 January 1962) is a Russian politician and businessman. He was Russia's Minister of Defense from 15 February 2007 to 6 November 2012, and made ...

and Prime Minister of Russia

Viktor Zubkov Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Pr ...

. Mikhail Mokretsov is married and has a son named Alexander (born 1984). In 2006 Mikhail Mokretsov was given the title of Honoured Economist of the Russian Federation. On 7 April 2010 Mikhail Mokretsov was appointed Chief of Staff of

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the govern ...

External links

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20071102040948/http://www.nalog.ru/index.php?topic=leader * https://web.archive.org/web/20071022122610/http://www.government.ru/government/executivepowerservices/ministries/minfin/podved/nalog/rukovodstvo/5736811.htm * https://archive.today/20070206035930/http://www.mil.ru/847/852/1160/index.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Mokretsov, Mikhail Russian economists Russian politicians Russian businesspeople Living people 1961 births 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation People from Udmurtia Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Saint Petersburg University of Economics and Finance alumni Heads of the Federal Tax Service Deputy Defence Ministers of Russia