He was appointed to the rank of the State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st class [ru] in 2016.

[5] Dmitry Makhonin was born in a small rural village of Ryabinino in Perm Oblast on 18 October 1982.

He began his career in 2004 as a specialist of the 1st category of the department of administrative and economic support and work with correspondence of the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for Perm Krai.

On 28 January 2013, Makhonin was appointed head of the FAS Russia's fuel and energy complex control department.

In 2016, Makhonin unsuccessfully ran for the VII convocation of the State Duma for Perm Krai as a representative of the Yabloko party.