Zubkov was a civil servant who held various positions in the Leningrad Oblast under the Soviet regime and a financial crime investigator until 12 September 2007, when he was nominated by President Vladimir Putin to replace Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, who had resigned earlier that day.
Zubkov was a civil servant. When he was nominated by President Vladimir Putin to replace Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. This was what this civil servant held various positions in the Leningrad Oblast under the Soviet regime and a financial crime investigator until 12 September 2007. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov had resigned earlier that day.