Sergey Shakhray

Sergey Shakhray
Sergey Shakhray
Сергей Шахрай
	Shakhray in 2014
Chief of Staff of the Accounts Chamber
	In office; 12 November 2004 – 1 October 2013
President	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Yury Voronin
Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional Court
	In office; 7 December 1996 – 29 June 1998
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Mikhail Mityukov
Succeeded by	Mikhail Mityukov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
	In office; 7 April 1994 – 5 January 1996
President	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister	Boris Yeltsin (de facto); Yegor Gaidar (acting); Viktor Chernomyrdin
Personal details
Born	30 April 1956; Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Spouse	Tatyana Shakhray
Alma mater	Rostov-on-Don State University; Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Occupation	Lawyer, politician
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Friendship, Medal "Defender of a Free Russia", Honoured Lawyer of Russia, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour

Sergey Mikhaylovich Shakhray (Russian: Серге́й Михайлович Шахрай; born 30 April 1956) is a Russian politician. He is a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Shakhray graduated from the Rostov-on-Don State University in 1978 with a degree in law.

In December 1991 – March 1992, November 1992 – January 1994, April 1994 – January 1996: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

He is of Terek Cossack descent.