Grigory Alekseevich Rapota (Russian: Григорий Алексеевич Рапота) (born February 5, 1944) is a Russian politian and current special representative of the Russian president in the Volga Federal District (since May 12, 2008) Before he was the special representative of the Russian president in the Southern Federal District (North Caucasus and southern European Russia). Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Volga (Privolzhsky Federal District (Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг tr Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Southern Federal District ( Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг tr The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe
Rapota was born in Moscow in 1944. His father was an army officer and his mother an educator. Rapota graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and completed KGB re-training courses. The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Bauman MSTU (Московский государственный технический университет им KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty He worked for KGB at the First Chief Directorate and in the USA 1971-1975, Sweden 1979-1983 (he was expelled from Sweden on December 20, the Cheka Day), and Finland 1987-1990. The First Chief Directorate (Russian Первое Главное Управление (or PGU of the Committee for State Security (KGB was the organization responsible for The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. In 1992-1993, Rapota was head of the Third Geographical Department, and 1993-1998, he was head of the First Chief Directorate. Since 1998 he worked in different governmental posts. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
| Preceded by Dmitry Kozak |
Presidential Envoy to the Southern Federal District October 9, 2007 - May 12, 2008 |
Succeeded by Vladimir Ustinov |
| Preceded by Alexandr Konovalov |
Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District May 12, 2008 |
Succeeded by incumbent |