Mikhail Yuryevich Vedernikov (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Ведерников; born 7 March 1975) is a Russian politician and the

governor of Pskov Oblast The governor of Pskov Oblast (russian: Губернатор Псковской области) is the highest official of Pskov Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. The governor heads the executive branch in the region. History of office On 15 N ...

since 2017.

Biography

Mikhail Vedernikov was born in 1975 in

Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus n ...

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1 ...

. In 1998 he graduated from the Northwestern Academy of Public Administration. In 2000 he joined

Unity Unity may refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England * Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; a ...

party and became secretary of its provincial youth organization. In 2001–2005, he was a member of Vyborgsky District council, and then member of Vyborg city council to 2009. At the time he was co-owning wholesale business and travel agency in Vyborg. Since 2007 Vedernikov held the positions of deputy, and then first deputy head of the regional executive committee of

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

party in Leningrad Oblast. In 2010s he worked in the regional policy department of the

Presidential Administration of Russia The Presidential Executive Office of Russia or the Presidential Administration of Russia ( rus, Администрация Президента Российской Федерации, Administratsiya Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the ex ...

. On 12 October 2017, Vedernikov was appointed acting governor of

Pskov Oblast Pskov Oblast (russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, ') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the city of Pskov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 67 ...

, replacing

Andrey Turchak Andrey Anatolyevich Turchak (russian: Андрей Анатольевич Турчак; born 20 December 1975) is a Russian politician who has served Secretary of the General Council of United Russia from 12 October 2017 and the Senator from Ps ...

. On 17 September 2018, he was sworn in as governor after gaining 70% of the vote in the

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

. His administration enacted a number of programs developing historical tourism and reversing decades-long depopulation in Pskov Oblast. In July 2021 Vedernikov announced his intention to run for a second term in 2023. Mikhail Vedernikov is married, has two daughters and a son.

References

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