He was appointed to this post by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin,[2] after governor Mikhail Evdokimov died in a car accident on August 7 of the same year.
[4] Mikhail Kozlov was born on 27 October 1951,[1] in Pechora, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
At various times he worked as the head of the automatic telephone exchange, the chief engineer of the Kyzyl city communication center.
[5] From 2006 to 2008, Kozlov served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Altai Republic, the plenipotentiary representative of the region in Moscow.
[9] On 9 April 2012, Kozlov began holding the post as the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Tuva, serving under Sholban Kara-ool.