Dmitry Kozak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dmitry Kozak

Russian politician

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1958

Place of Birth: Bandurove, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

The Russian polician Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak (Russian: ???´???? ??????´???? ????´?, IPA: ['dm?itr??j n??k?'laj?v??t? k?'zak], Ukrainian: ?????? ??????????? ?????; born 7 November 1958) has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia since 2008. Known as the Cheshire Cat (Russian: ????????? ???) because of his smile, Kozak is part of the Vlast' (Russian: ??????) or power group from St.
Petersburg close to Putin.He served previously as the Regional Development Minister in the Russian cabinet headed by Viktor Zubkov from 2007 to 2008.
From 2004 to 2007 he served as Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Southern Federal District (North Caucasus and Southern European Russia).Dmitry Kozak is a close ally of Vladimir Putin, having worked with him in the St Petersburg city administration during the 1990s and later becoming one of the key figures in Putin's presidential team.
During the 2004 Russian presidential election he worked as the head of Putin's election campaign team.
Kozak was one of several members of Putin's circle touted in the media as a possible candidate to succeed Putin as president in 2008.