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Sergei Alexandrovich Kapkov was born on December 10, 1975 in the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). In 1998 he graduated from the Volga-Vyatka Academy of Civil Service, then studied at the academy’s graduate school with a degree in social philosophy.

As a student, he worked in the election headquarters of a number of gubernatorial candidates, including Boris Nemtsov, and participated in the work of the electoral association “Our Home is Russia.” After graduation, he got a job at Sibneft. In 1999 and 2000, he led the election campaigns of Roman Abramovich in the elections to the State Duma and in the gubernatorial elections in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. From January 2000 to January 2001 - assistant to State Duma deputy Roman Abramovich. Since 2001, he worked as deputy governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, head of the department of culture, youth, sports, tourism and information policy of the Chukotka government. In March 2002, he headed the Chukotka regional branch of United Russia (UR) established in the district and became a member of the UR General Council. In 2003, he was elected to the State Duma from United Russia and worked on the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation. Also in 2004–2013 - Chairman of the Board of the National Football Academy Foundation, in 2006–2014 - Vice-President of the Russian Football Union. In 2007, he was re-elected to the State Duma, receiving the mandate of Vladimir Putin. In the Duma of the fifth convocation, he worked as first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications. On March 16, 2011, he was appointed director of the capital’s Gorky Central Park of Culture and Culture, which is why he resigned as deputy. In August 2011 he was appointed deputy head of the Moscow Department of Culture, and in September 2011 - its head. On May 29, 2012, he was appointed minister of the Moscow government, head of the city department of culture, and reassigned to this post on September 17, 2013.

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