Mikhail Margelov

Mikhail Margelov
Михаил Маргелов
Margelov in 2014
Vice President of PJSC "Transneft"
Assumed office
20 October 2014
Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Cooperation with African Countries
In office
20 March 2011  31 October 2014
4th Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs
In office
14 November 2001  26 September 2014
Preceded byMikhail Prusak
Succeeded byKonstantin Kosachyov
Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Sudan
In office
7 October 2008  20 March 2011
Head of the Public Relations Office of the President of the Russian Federation
In office
14 May 1997  7 April 1998
Preceded byMikhail Lesin
Succeeded byDmitry Mulchanov
Personal details
Born
Mikhail Vitalyevich Margelov

(1964-12-22) 22 December 1964
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
SpouseSvetlana Margelova
ChildrenDimitriy and Alexey

Mikhail Vitalyevich Margelov (Russian: Михаил Витальевич Маргелов; born 22 December 1964), is a Russian public figure and politician, Vice President, JSC “Transneft”, and ex-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of Russia. He has been a member of the European Democrat Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2002 until 2009. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.