Born June 1, 1956 in Moscow.
Graduated in 1978 from Moscow State University; major: economics and mathematics. Graduated in 1991from Harvard Business School.
1978-1980, researcher at the National Research Institute of Systems Analysis, USSR Academy of Sciences.
1980-1991, held various positions culminating with deputy chief of the Currency Department of the USSR Ministry of Finance.
1991-1993, vice-president of Avtotraktorexport, a vehicle export company in Moscow.
1994-1995, State Duma deputy from the Baumansky Dirstrict and the Dignity and Mercy political movement. Member of the Duma Committee for Budget, Taxes, Banks and Finance. Member of the Duma subcommittee for foreign debt, precious metals and stones.
June, 1994, became member of the board of directors of East-West Bank.
Dec. 1995, elected to the Duma with the Forward Russia election bloc. Deputy chairman of the Duma Committee for Budget, Taxes, Banks and Finance.
May 20, 1998-Jan. 2000, chairman of the Duma Committee for the Budget, Taxes, Banks and Finance. Member of the Russian Regions (Union of Independent Deputies) parliamentary group.
On May 16, 1999, Acting Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin offered Zhukov the post of first deputy prime minister and Zhukov accepted the offer, but President Yeltsin rejected the appointment.
Dec. 1999, re-elected to the Duma, from the Preobrazhensky single-mandate constituency (Moscow); continued as chairman of the Duma Committee for Budget and Taxes and as member of the Russian Regions parliamentary group.
Dec. 2003, re-elected to the Duma as an independent candidate; joined the United Russia faction.
Mar. 9, 2004, appointed first deputy prime minister, under Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
Considered to constitute a liberal trio along with Gref and Kudrin, pushing economic reforms forward.
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