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Mr Sysuev has been a member of the board of directors since October 2003. He is first deputy chairman of the board of directors of Alfa Bank, where he is responsible for the bank�s regional branch network and banking in the regions. An affiliate of Alfa Bank is one of our principal stockholders. Prior to joining Alfa Bank in 1999, Mr Sysuev held senior posts in the Russian Federation government. Under President Yeltsin, Mr Sysuev was First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (1998-99), Vice-Premier of the Federal Government and Minister of Labor and Social Development (1997-98). He previously served as Mayor of Samara (1992-97) and he also represented Russia in the Council of the European Congress of Local and Regional Government. In addition to his role at Alfa Bank, Mr Sysuev is president of the Board of Congress of Municipalities of Russia (since April 2000), a member of the Presidential Council for Local Government, and deputy chairman of the Presidential Committee for Literature and the Arts. He has published numerous articles on the structures of post-Soviet Russia. | 