The Minister of sport Vitaly Mutko is appointed as the new Deputy Prime Minister, which will oversee the government issues of sport, tourism and youth policy. About it reports on Wednesday, September 19, TASS.
The proposal for the appointment Mutko made Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and approved by President Vladimir Putin.
Medvedev instructed the government office to prepare the documents for the purpose Mutko, Deputy Prime Minister, the Agency said.
Vitaly Mutko will leave the post of Minister of sport. This post is his Deputy Pavel Kolobkov.
According to the Director of the Center for political analysis Pavel Danilin, the imminent appointment of Mutko Deputy Prime Minister should not be taken as its decline. “Operational management of sport Mutko will not be, but strategic planning will be for him,” he told the National news service (NSN).
October 11, Vladimir Putin proposed to consolidate the supervision of sports Affairs, youth policy and tourism in one Deputy Prime Minister.
At present, youth policy and tourism in the government supervised by Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, the development of physical culture and sport her colleague Arkady Dvorkovich.
Vitaly Mutko was appointed Minister for sport in may 2008. In September of this year, was re-elected President of the Russian football Union. Prior to that, in different years occupied posts of the Deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, the Senator from the government of the Northern capital.
