Sergey Shakhray

This article is about a Russian politician. For a figure skater, see Sergei Shakhrai.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhaylovich and the family name is Shakhray.

Sergey Mikhaylovich Shakhray (Russian: Серге́й Михайлович Шахрай; born 30 April 1956) is a Russian politician. He is a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.^[1]

Sergey Shakhray
Сергей Шахрай
Shakhray in 2014
Chief of Staff of the Accounts Chamber
In office 12 November 2004 – 1 October 2013
President	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Yury Voronin
Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional Court
In office 7 December 1996 – 29 June 1998
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Mikhail Mityukov
Succeeded by	Mikhail Mityukov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office 7 April 1994 – 5 January 1996
President	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister	Boris Yeltsin (de facto) Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin
Personal details
Born	(1956-04-30) 30 April 1956 (age 68) Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Spouse	Tatyana Shakhray
Alma mater	Rostov-on-Don State University Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Occupation	Lawyer, politician
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Friendship, Medal "Defender of a Free Russia", Honoured Lawyer of Russia, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour

Shakhray graduated from the Rostov-on-Don State University in 1978 with a degree in law.

In December 1991 – March 1992, November 1992 – January 1994, April 1994 – January 1996: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[2]

He is of Terek Cossack descent.^[3]

References

1. "Сергей Михайлович Шахрай. Руководитель аппарата Счётной палаты России". scilla.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
2. О присвоении квалификационного разряда Шахраю С.М. (Decree 100) (in Russian). President of Russia. 12 February 1997.
3. Dunlop, John (1998). Russia Confronts Chechnya: Roots of a Separatist Conflict. Cambridge University Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780521636193.

External links

• Official biography (in Russian)
• Biography (in Russian)

Preceded by Mikhail Mityukov	Russian President's Envoy to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation December 7, 1996, – June 29, 1998	Succeeded by Mikhail Mityukov