Makarov Andrei

Makarov Andrei Date of Birth

22 July 1954

Makarov Andrei Citizenship

Russia

Makarov Andrei Professional field/official position

Member of the State Duma of Russia, TV presenter

Makarov Andrei biography

MAKAROV Andrei Mikhailovich (b. 1954 in Moscow) is a Russian lawyer, politician, TV presenter, State Duma member of six convocations, member of the United Russia faction, chairman of the budget and tax committee, co-author of the Tax Code. Andrei Makarov graduated from the law faculty of Moscow State University in 1976. After graduation, he worked there as a lecturer and then worked at the All-Union Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. He was considered an unofficial speechwriter of the minister.

In 1983-1993, he was a lawyer at the Moscow City Bar Association. In 1990, he became the Legal Director, and in 1992, the Head of the Cultural Initiative Fund (Soros Foundation). In 1992, he was the Prosecutor for the CPSU Case before the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
In 1993, Makarov was a member of the working group on the preparation of the new Constitution draft. On April 29, 1993, he headed the department for ensuring the activities of the Interdepartmental Commission of the Security Council of the Russian Federation to combat organized crime and corruption in the highest echelons of power. In 1993, he was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the first convocation from the list of the Democratic Choice of Russia.
In 1994-1997, he headed the Russian Chess Federation. In 2003, he worked as an adviser to the governor and vice-governor of the Kemerovo region on the legal support of the economic activity.
Since 2003 to the present, he has been a member of the State Duma of Russia from the United Russia party. Since then, he was a member, a vice-chairman, and a chairman of the budget and tax committee. From March 29 to October 14, 2010, he was the host of the Justice project on REN TV;
From August 29, 2011, to October 29, 2013, he was the host of the Freedom and Justice program on Channel One.