Alexander Alexandrovich Kozlov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Козло́в; born 2 January 1981 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.[1]) is a Russian politician serving as the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia since 10 November 2020.
Alexander Kozlov | |
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Александр Козлов | |
Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology | |
Assumed office 10 November 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Mikhail Mishustin |
Preceded by | Dmitry Kobylkin |
Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic | |
In office 18 May 2018 – 10 November 2020 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Aleksandr Galushka |
Succeeded by | Aleksey Chekunkov |
Personal details | |
Born | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | 2 January 1981
Political party | United Russia |
Previously he served as Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic from 2018 to 2020,[2] Governor of Amur Oblast from 2015 to 2018, and Mayor of Blagoveshchensk from 2014 to 2015.[3]
In December 2022 the EU sanctioned Alexander Kozlov in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]