Babichev, Vladimir Stepanovich

He graduated from the Volgograd Institute of Urban Engineers , the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU .

Soviet period

• 1962-1963 - worked in Elista as a foreman, foreman of the repair and construction management.
• 1963-1964 - Chief Engineer, Deputy Minister of Public Utilities of the Kalmyk ASSR.
• 1964-1966 - Head of the Promzhilstroy Department of Management, Chief Engineer of a mobile mechanized column, Head of the Kalmykstroy Trust.
• 1966-1969 - Deputy Chairman of the Elista City Executive Committee.
• 1969-1974 - Minister of Public Utilities of the Kalmyk ASSR.
• 1974-1977 - Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kalmyk ASSR.
• 1977-1981 - Secretary of the Kalmyk Regional Party Committee.
• 1981-1985 - Secretary of the Astrakhan Regional Party Committee.
• 1985-1986 - Second Secretary of the Astrakhan Regional Party Committee. He headed the party headquarters for the construction of the Astrakhan gas condensate complex.
• 1986-1987 - Inspector of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
• 1987-1989 - Sector Head, Deputy Head of the Party Building and Personnel Work Department of the CPSU Central Committee.
• 1989–1990 - First Deputy Head of the Department for Party Construction and Personnel Work.
• 1990–1991 - Head of the Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU on legislative initiatives and legal issues.

Member of the CPSU since 1966. Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1990-1991).

Russian period

In 1990, he was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR from Priyutensky National-Territorial District 103, Kalmykia. He was a member of the Commission of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of Russia on the social and economic development of republics within the RSFSR, the autonomous region, autonomous districts, and small peoples. He was a member of the Communists of Russia faction (June 1990, December 1992), Fatherland (1991), and Sovereignty and Equality (1992–93).

• 1991-1994 - Deputy Administrative and Legal Affairs General Director of the Gazmash Plant, a member of the Russian Joint-Stock Company Gazprom.
• 1994-1996 - Minister of the Russian Federation - Head of the Office of the Government of the Russian Federation ^{[2] [3]} .
• 1996-1997 - Deputy Chairman of the Government - Head of the Office of the Government of the Russian Federation ^{[3] [4]} .
• 1997-1998 - Minister of the Russian Federation - Head of the Office of the Government of the Russian Federation ^[4] .

In 1995, he became a member of the Organizing Committee of the Chernomyrdin Movement “Our Home is Russia” (NDR), since 1996 he has been the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Our Home is Russia movement. He was elected deputy chairman of the movement. In 1996, he participated from the NDR in the presidential election campaign on the side of Yeltsin. He was thanked as an active participant in the organization and conduct of the presidential election campaign of 1996 - the curator of the election campaign in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

• 1998-1999 - Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the second convocation, was a member of the Committee on Federal Affairs and Regional Policy.
• 2000—2003 - Advisor to the Head of the Government Office of the Russian Federation.
• 2003—2006 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Kazakhstan ^{[5] [6]} .
• 2006–2010 - Representative in the Federation Council from the executive body of the government of the Volgograd region .
• February 3 - December 15, 2010 - Representative in the Federation Council from the legislative body of the Republic of Kalmykia .

• Order for Services to the Fatherland, IV degree
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Order Dostyk 2 degrees
• Medal "For Labor Valor"
• Medal “Council of Federation. 15 years " ^[7]
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (June 5, 1998) - for conscientious work and consistent implementation of the course of economic reforms ^[8]
• The insignia "For impeccable service" of XXX years (May 19, 2001) - for many years of impeccable public service ^[9]
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (June 3, 2005) - for merits in the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation ^[10]
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (February 23, 2006) - for merits in the implementation of the foreign policy course of the Russian Federation and the many years of conscientious diplomatic service ^[11]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (August 20, 2004) ^[12]

• Biographical note on the site kommersant.ru (inaccessible link)
• The full biography of the senator
• Compositions of governments from 1990 to 1998