Brief information about Vitaly Mutko, the RF Minister of Sports

The Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko is one of the most closed for the press officials. A statesman appears before the public either during major sporting successes of Russian athletes, or as an actor in scandals. About Vitaly Mutko speak differently. He is called both a strong business man, and a servant official, and a man from a close circle of Putin. Let's try to understand briefly the biography of the state functionary.

Childhood and Education

December 8, 1958 in the family of a longshoreman and machinist near Tuapse, Vitaly's son was born. Since childhood, the boy dreamed of linking his life with the sea. After 8 classes of secondary school, he decides to enter the river school in Rostov-on-Don. Burying the entrance exams, Vitali wants to try his luck in Leningrad. There he goes first to the vocational school, and then to the marine school of Petrokrepost (the current Shlisselburg). After graduation, Vitaly Leontievich worked for 2 years on the excursion boat "Vladimir Ilich", which served the sightseeing routes from the Northern capital to Valaam and Kizhi. Fatal for the future minister was in 1978. Then he decided to enroll in the Leningrad River School, where he began to get involved in trade union work, which subsequently provided him with an acquaintance with the right people.

Carier start

In 1979, Vitaly Leontievich joined the ranks of the Communist Party. In the school he headed the branch of the trade union committee, and in 1983 he was appointed to the committee of the Kirov district of Leningrad. In parallel with his work at the post, Mutko continued his studies at the Leningrad Institute of Water Transport. By 1990, Vitaly Mutko could be spoken of as a formed state figure. He heads the social affairs department of the district executive committee and becomes one of the initiators of the establishment of the Council of Presidents. During the coup, this organization will support the nomination of Anatoly Sobchak for the role of the Mayor of St. Petersburg. Probably, it was acquaintance with Anatoly Alexandrovich that ensured Mutko's rapid advancement on the career ladder.

Since 1992, Mutko has been in charge of physical education, medicine and sports in the government of the first mayor of the northern capital. That's when he meets Vladimir Putin, who also worked in Sobchak's team. The state service of Vitaly Leontievich was interrupted in 1996, when Vladimir Yakovlev became the governor of St. Petersburg , he dismissed both Mutko and Putin, and practically the whole team of the first mayor.

Mutko and football

In 1992, Vitaly began to supervise the St. Petersburg "Zenith" on behalf of the city administration. In 1995 he became the formal president of the team. Then Vitaly Mutko was told that he allocated about half a million rubles from the treasury annually for the functioning of the club. Later, he enters into a contract with the brewing company Baltika, which became the first sponsor of Zenit. After being fired from the government posts in 1996, Vitaly fully concentrated on football work. In 1999, he signed a contract with Gazprom, which is the main shareholder of Zenit and to this day. Mutko remained president of the club until 2005. During this time the team significantly added, breaking into the top five leaders of the domestic championship.

From 2001 to 2003 there was a parallel post, which was occupied by Vitaly Mutko. The President of the RFU can not be at the same time the head of one of the championship clubs, but for some reason this did not confuse the football officials. In 2005, Mutko again headed the organization, and in 2009 even became one of the authorized members of FIFA. During his reign there was a series of scandals. The last was the failure of the Russian national team at Hidding and the further payment of a huge severance pay to the coach.

Mutko the Minister

In 2008, Putin becomes prime minister and begins to form a cabinet around him. The portfolio was also received by his old colleague Vitaly Mutko. The Minister of Sports took office on May 12. A year ago Mutko was spoken of as one of the responsible persons in the preparation of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko focused one of the main directions of his work on the organization of another large-scale project - the World Cup 2018. Despite a number of setbacks, he managed to keep the minister's portfolio in 2012, when Dmitry Medvedev became its immediate boss. Under Vitaly Mutko, the Russian Olympic team was not included in the top three for the first time in many years at the 2012 Olympics. However, the minister is prescribed a number of merits. It was with his leadership that he managed to win the right to host the World Cup, the Universiade in Kazan and the Olympic Games in Sochi. Despite all the shortcomings, even negatively-minded citizens call the official a strong economic manager.

Mutko and the Internet

In 2010, Vitaly Mutko became famous on the Internet. At the meeting of FIFA, he represented Russia as an applicant for the title of mistress of the 2018 Football Championship. Trying to impress the audience, he decided to speak in English. The expression "let me speak from my heart", spoken by the official with a terrible accent, the next day became a popular meme on the Web. The video with a speech on the Youtube service in a matter of days scored several million views.