Oleg Belozyorov

Oleg Belozyorov was born on 26 September 1969 in Ventspils, Latvian SSR in the family physicians of city polyclinic. His father, Valentin Borisovich Belozyorov, worked as a radiologist, his mother, Leonila Kirillovna Belozerova a neurologist. He studied at the School of Ventspils number 2. During his school years he was fond of athletics seriously, preferring to sprint running and long jump. After graduating from school in 1986, he entered the university in Leningrad.

Since childhood, regularly made the 4-hour trip by train between Ventspils and Riga (180 km). As a student – on the night express train travel between St. Petersburg and Riga; since then it nourishes sympathy for the railroad.

As a young man fond of travel, he walked Latvian medieval castles. He served in the army in the Murmansk region, on the border with Norway, then left.

In 1992, he graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance with a degree in economics, planning industry. From the fourth year, he began working in the youth scientific-technical center – the forge of future entrepreneurs.

From 1998 to 2000 he worked in Saint Petersburg and successively held the posts of Deputy Commercial Director, Commercial Director, Head of the Department of Logistics and Transport. Starting to earn decently, his parents bought an apartment on Vasilevsky Island.

In 2000 he worked as deputy director of cargo motor transport enterprise, number 21.

In 2000–2001, he became the chief of the financial and economic department of the Russian President's plenipotentiary representative of the unit in the North-West Federal District.

From 2001 to 2002, he was the deputy director of the management of corporate assets LOMO.

In 2002–2004, he was the general director of the Russian fuel company.

From July to November 2004, he was promoted as deputy head of the Federal Road Agency.

In 2005, at the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, he defended his thesis on "Organization of logistics supply chain into a vertically-integrated structures of corporate type", candidate of economic sciences.

On 9 November 2004, he was promoted the head of the Federal Road Agency, until 17 March 2009.

From 17 March 2009 to 11 May 2015, he was the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. In this capacity, he oversaw national importance projects, in particular the APEC summit in Vladivostok, the Universiade in Kazan. Since July 2014, he became member of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways.

From 11 May to 20 August 2015 he was the First Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Father – Valentin Borisovich Belozerov (born in 1936)

Mother – Leonila Kirillovna Belozerova (born in 1937)

Wife first marriage (since 1994) – Olga Belozerova, now a housewife

Son – Matvei (born 18 November 1996), a journalism student

Daughter – Veronica (born 10 August 2001)