Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sholokhov was born on 25 January 1962 in Moscow. He graduated from the Biology and Soil Faculty of
Rostov State University in 1984 and later worked as a lecturer there. He also studied at the graduate school of
Moscow State University. Candidate of Biological Sciences (1989). On 18 September 2016 he was elected a deputy of the
7th State Duma. He is a member of
United Russia and a deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture. He was awarded the
Order of Honour,
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". ==References==