Aleksandr Sholokhov

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Aleksandr Sholokhov
Александр Шолохов
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2021
Member of the State Duma for Rostov Oblast
In office 5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
Preceded by	constituency re-established
Succeeded by	Nikolay Goncharov
Constituency	Belaya Kalitva (No. 153)
Personal details
Born	(1962-01-25) 25 January 1962 (age 62) Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Political party	United Russia
Spouse	Valeriya Vladimirovna Sholokhova
Children	2 sons
Parents	Mikhail Mikhailovich Sholokhov (father) Valentina Ismailovna Sholokhova (mother)
Relatives	Mikhail Sholokhov (grandfather)
Education	Rostov State University Moscow State University (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Biologist

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sholokhov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Шолохов; born 25 January 1962 in Moscow) is a Russian politician and biologist. Member of the 7th State Duma, Director of the National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve in 2001–2016, Candidate of Biological Sciences.

He is a grandson of novelist Mikhail Sholokhov and son of Mikhail Mikhailovich Sholokhov.

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sholokhov was born on 25 January 1962 in Moscow. He graduated from the Biology and Soil Faculty of Rostov State University in 1984 and later worked as a lecturer there.^[1]

He also studied at the graduate school of Moscow State University. Candidate of Biological Sciences (1989).^[1]

Since 1989 he was an employee of the National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve. In 1999 he graduated from Rostov State Economic University, majoring in law. In 2001–2016 he was the Director of National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve.^[1]

In 2003–2008 he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast.^[1]

In 2014 he became a member the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Culture and Art. In 2016 he was elected President of the Russian Committee of the International Union of Museums.^[2]

On 18 September 2016 he was elected a deputy of the 7th State Duma. He is a member of United Russia and a deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture.^[1][3][4]

He was awarded the Order of Honour, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".^[1]