Aleksandr Valentinovich Sokolov (; born 4 August 1970) is a Russian politician serving as the

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since 23 September 2022; previously he served as acting governor from 10 May 2022.Встреча с Александром Соколовым // Президент России
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Biography

Aleksandr Sokolov was born in

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on 4 August 1970. He graduated from

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, and started as a history teacher. He worked as the first deputy governor of the Kostroma Oblast for domestic policy, in addition, he oversaw culture, cultural heritage and youth. He was marked with gratitude from the President of Russia in 2000. In 2014 Sokolov was appointed the Deputy Governor of

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for Domestic Policy, then promoted to First Deputy Governor. In 2017 he left the service in the Kostroma authorities and moved to the position of assistant in the Presidential Administration in the department for ensuring the activities of the State Council of Russia. He was awarded with the Acting State Councilor Class III in 2018. On 10 May 2022 Sokolov became the acting

Awards

2006 – Honorary Member of the Russian Youth Union 2010 – A trusted representative of Russian presidential candidate

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2011 – Candidate of Political Sciences

References

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