Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkov (russian: Влади́мир Дми́триевич Во́лков; born on 7 September 1954), is a Russian politician. He served as the acting Head of the Republic of

Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

from 14 May 2012 until his resignation on 18 November 2020.

Biography

Vladimir Volkov was born on 7 September 1954 in the village of Novoye Arakcheyevo in Krasnoslobodsky District of the

Mordovian ASSR The Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Мордовская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Mordovskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika'' ...

. In 1976 he graduated from the

Mordovian State University N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University (MSUO or OMSU for Ogarev Mordovia State University, or MRSU for Мордовский государственный университет имени Н. П. Огарева, ''Mordovskyi Gosudarstvennyi U ...

. In 1976 he graduated from

, majoring in

electric engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

, and then worked as an instructor of the regional headquarters of student construction teams Mordovia regional committee of Komsomol. All of the further career of Vladimir Volkov, until 1991, is connected with the Komsomol and party work. From 1977 to 1979 he worked as a secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the Mordovian State University, and in 1979, he was appointed commander of the regional student detachment of the Mordovian regional committee of Komsomol. In 1983, he was transferred to work in the Saransk Hills Komsomol, where he worked until 1986 as the first secretary of the

Saransk Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located ...

city committee of the Komsomol. From 1986 to 1988, he was the head of the industrial and transportation department of the Saransk city committee of the CPSU. In 1988, he graduated from Mordovia State University, with a degree in civil engineering, receiving a second higher education. From 1988 to 1990 he worked as the first secretary of the Proletarian District Committee of the CPSU of the city of Saransk. In the period from 1990 to 1995, he was the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Mordovia on capital construction, industry and building materials. From the beginning of 1995 he worked as the deputy chairman of the

State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia The State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia * mdf, Государственнай Собраниясь Мордовия Республикань * myv, Государственной Собраниясь Мордовия Республик� ...

, serving Nikolay Merkushkin. On 10 May 2012, after Nikolay Merkuskhkin left the post and transferred to work in the

Samara Oblast Samara Oblast ( rus, Сама́рская о́бласть, r=Samarskaya oblast, p=sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuyb ...

, he was appointed acting head of the Republic of Mordovia by a presidential decree of

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

. In his first interview as acting head of the region, Vladimir Volkov announced his desire to continue the course for further development of the republic. On 12 May 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin nominated Volkov for the post of the Head of the Republic of Mordovia for consideration in the State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. On 14 May 2012, the State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia approved Vladimir Volkov as Head of the Republic of Mordovia. On 12 April 2017, Volkov filed an application for early resignation, but on the same day he was appointed by the decree of Putin, as the acting head of the Republic of Mordovia for the second term, until the person elected by the Head of the Republic of Mordovia took office.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volkov, Vladimir 1954 births Living people People from Mordovia Communist Party of the Soviet Union members United Russia politicians Heads of the Republic of Mordovia Mordovian State University alumni Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class