Between 1983 and 1998 he worked at the Burnovichi state farm in the Starodubsky District of Bryansk Oblast, having gone from engineer to deputy director.

From 2004 to 2009, he was elected as a deputy of representative bodies of local self-government in the Starodubsky District of Bryansk Oblast in single-member constituencies.

In July and August 2011, in anticipation of the State Duma elections in Bryansk Oblast, as well as in other regions of the country, the United Russia party and the All-Russian Popular Front conducted primaries to select candidates from the ONF for inclusion in the party's personnel reserve for the purpose of nominations by candidates for deputies of the State Duma on the party list of "United Russia".

Alexander was nominated as the chairman of the board of directors of the Potato Alliance LLC, and Olga as the head of the Bogomaz farm in Starodubsky district.

In Bryansk Oblast group he went at number 3 after the current State Duma deputies Andrei Bocharov and Yekaterina Lakhova.

[4] In the elections to the State Duma of the 6th convocation held on 4 December 2011, United Russia gained 50.12% of the vote in Bryansk Oblast and received 2 deputy mandates.

On 9 September 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Bogomaz as interim governor of Bryansk Oblast.