Alexey Gordeev will become the vice speaker of the State Duma

Former Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeev, who oversaw the agriculture in Medvedev’s government, will become the vice speaker of the State Duma.

Gordeev will receive the mandate of the State Duma deputy Gennady Kulik, who goes to work as an adviser to the Chairman of the Lower Chamber, was confirmed today by the deputy chairman of the State Duma, the head of the United Russia faction Sergey Nevorov.

The first about the new appointment, Gordeeva wrote "Medusa". According to the publication, Gordeev was counted on the post of assistant to the President as ex-ministers of economic development Maxim Oreshkin and culture Vladimir Medinsky. However, this appointment was allegedly blocked by the Secretary of the Council of Ministers Nikolai Patrushev, whose son holds the position of Minister of Agriculture.

Gordeev 10 years (1999 - 2009) was the Minister of Agriculture, then the governor of the Voronezh region, and then the Presidential Permanent in the Central Federal District and Deputy Prime Minister.