Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally appointed Viktor Zubkov as the new prime minister after the parliament approved his nomination on Friday.
Putin signed a decree Friday appointing Zubkov, until now chief of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, as the new prime minister, the Kremlin press service said.
Putin nominated Zubkov as candidate for the post Wednesday hours after he dissolved the government at the request of former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
The 450-seat State Duma, lower house of parliament, voted by 381 to 47 to confirm the nomination of Zubkov, who pledged to stick to Putin's economic policies, strengthen the defense industry and gain more from oil and gas sectors.
Zubkov, a long associate of President Putin, did not rule out the possibility of running for the presidential post when Putin is expected to step down after the general election next March.
Russia's two acting first deputy prime ministers, Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, had been widely seen as leading contenders in the presidential race.
Zubkov was born on Sept. 15, 1941 in the village of Arbat, the Sverdlovsk Region.
在星期五俄罗斯总统弗拉德米尔－普京在杜马核准他的提命之后正式指定维克托-祖布科夫为新的总理.
克林姆林宫新闻中心声明说,普京已于星期五签署总统令任命现任俄联邦金融监管局局长祖布科夫为新任总理.
星期三普京在接受了前总理Mikhail-弗拉德科夫提出的辞呈并解散政府数小时之后便任命了祖布科夫为总理候选人.
拥有450个席位的国家杜马,国会众议院,以381票对47票批准了对的任命,祖布科夫一直都致力于坚持普京的经济政策,增强防御工业和从油气方面获取更多产值.
祖布科夫,做为普京的长期同事,并没有排除在明年五月大选继普京预期下台之后竞选总统职位的可能,俄罗斯的两位第一副总理, Serge伊万诺夫和Dmitry Medvedev,已经被视为在总统角逐中最主要的总统竞争者.
祖布科夫于1941年9月15日出生在位于斯维尔德洛夫斯克地区一个叫Arbat的村庄.
