Vladimir Zhidkin

By order of the Mayor of Moscow dated 22.05.2012 No. 365-RM, appointed head of the Department for the Development of New Areas of the City of Moscow for the Mayor's term of office. Place / Date of Birth: Saransk, Republic of Mordovia / 1963. 1985: graduated from the Ogarev Mordovian State University with a degree in Industrial and Civil Construction.

• Work experience: 1985–2000, construction site foreman, construction site senior foreman, chief engineer, deputy director for production issues, head of the Department for Special Works, deputy general director for production and technical issues of OAO Trest MORDOVPROMSTROY OJSC. 2000–2001, general director of Technotex-Kev, engineering and construction company. 2001–2003, first deputy general director of the State Unitary Enterprise for Development of Moscow Oblast. 2003–2008, first deputy, deputy minister of construction of the Moscow Oblast. 2008–2009, minister of housing and communal services of the Government of Moscow Oblast. 2009–2012, deputy chairman of the Government of Moscow Oblast. 22 May 2012, by order of the Mayor of Moscow 365-RM, was appointed head of the Department for the Development of New Areas

• Achievements: Letter of Appreciation by Governor of the Moscow Oblast; Badge of the Governor of the Moscow Oblast for ‘Gratitude’, for ‘Useful Service’; Badge of Distinction for ‘Services to Moscow Oblast’; the Ivan Kalita Award ‘Honorary Builder of the Russian Federation.’