Sergey Chebotaryov

Sergey Viktorivich Chebotaryov (Russsian: Сергей Викторович Чеботарёв; born on 14 October 1969), is a Russian statesman who has been Head of the Secretariat of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 11 March 2020.

He had been the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation from 7 February 2020 to March 16, 2020.

He held the post of Minister of North Caucasus Affairs from 2018 to 2020, which he left due to the abolition of the ministry.

Biography
Sergey Chebotrayov was born on 14 October 1969 in Magdagachi, Tygdinsky district, Amur Oblast.

From 1976 to 1984 he studied at Chita secondary school No. 4.

From 1984 to 1986, he was at the Ussuri Suvorov Military School, and in 1990 he graduated from the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School.

From 1990 to 1998, he served served in the border troops (according to media reports - at the Russian military base in Bambora, Gudauta region of Abkhazia).

From 1998 to 2004, he was engaged in scientific and teaching activities at Moscow universities.

From 2004 to 2018, he worked in various positions in the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

From 2006 to 2012, he was head of a department in the Russian Presidential Administration for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.

Between the fall of 2011 and the spring of 2012, Chebotaryov oversaw the presidential elections in South Ossetia. In June 2012, the deputy head of the department in the Administration of the Head of State, Chebotarev, oversaw Russia's relations with Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

In March 2014, he was included in the Interdepartmental Commission for the preparation and holding of international interregional economic forums.

On 18 May 2018, Chebortayov was proposed by Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, to the Minister for the North Caucasus as part of the new government. On the same day, he was appointed to the position by decree of the President of Russia.

On 21 January 2020, he left the Ministry for North Caucasus Affairs due to the abolition of the department.

On 8 February 2020, by decree of the President of Russia, he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Economic Development. He left that position on 16 March 2020.

Additional information
He is a candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor. He can speak, English and Chinese. He is married, and is the father of two children.

A number of media outlets mistakenly indicated the former head of Tambov as the new minister.