Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. He graduated from Voznesensky Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute and holds a PhD in Economics.Upon graduation, Alexey Miller was engineer-economist at the General planning division of Leningrad Civil Construction Research and Design Institute (LenNIIproekt under the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council).In 1990 junior researcher, Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute; Section Head, Economic Reform Committee, Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.In 1991-1996 head of the Markets Monitoring Division, Foreign Economic Relations Directorate, External Relations Committee of St. Petersburg Mayor’s Office; Head of the Foreign Economic Relations Directorate; Deputy Chairman of the External Relations Committee.In 1996–1999 director for Development and Investments, Sea Port of St. Petersburg.In 1999-2001 director General of Baltiyskaya Truboprovodnaya Sistema (Baltic Pipeline System) and Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation.Since 2002 – Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors.

 His research interests,  lie in leningrad Finance and Economics Institute; Section Head, Economic Reform Committee, Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council