Alexey Sambuevich Tsydenov (born March 16, 1976) is a Russian politician who has been the
Head
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of the
Republic of Buryatia
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since 7 February 2017. He is the first ethnic
Buryat to lead the republic.
On 7 February 2017, Tsydenov was appointed by President
Vladimir Putin
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as acting Head,
and then on 10 September 2017, he was
elected by popular vote and sworn in on 22 September 2017.
Early life and education
Tsydenov was born in
Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky,
Chita Oblast
Chita Oblast ( rus, Чити́нская о́бласть, r=Čitínskaja óblastj, p=tɕɪˈtʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. ...
,
Russian SFSR
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,
USSR
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. His father was Buryat, while his mother was ethnic
Russian
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. He is a graduate of the . From 1998 to 2001, he worked for the
Far Eastern Railway
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Information
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as an accountant, sector chief, and department head. From 2002 to 2004, he was the general director of "Dalneftetrans"
LLC
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, and from 2004 to 2006, he served as the general director of "Far Eastern Transport Group"
OJSC.
Career
Between 2006 and 2009, Tsydenov served as deputy director of the railway policy department at the
Ministry of Transport
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. Following that, he held the position of deputy director at the Department of Industry and Infrastructure until 2012. In 2011, he pursued additional education at the
.
From December 2011 to May 2012, Tsydenov led the
Federal Agency for Railway Transport. Then, from 18 June 2012, to 7 February 2017, he served as Deputy
Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. Additionally, in 2016, he became a member of the board of directors of
Russian Railways
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...
.
On 7 February 2017, President Vladimir Putin appointed Tsydenov as the acting head of the Republic of Buryatia until the newly elected individual took office.
On 10 September 2017, Tsydenov was elected Head of the Republic of Buryatia with more than 87% of the vote and was inaugurated on 22 September of the same year, marking the first time an ethnic Buryat assumed leadership of the republic.
In response to his involvement in conscripting citizens to fight in Ukraine, Tsydenov was
sanctioned by the United States on 24 February 2023, the first anniversary of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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.
Tsydenov's official civil service
rank
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is "Active State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 2nd class adviser," and he declared a total income of 3.3 million
rubles
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for 2015. He is married and has four children.
References
External links
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1976 births
People from Buryatia
Living people
United Russia politicians
Heads of the Republic of Buryatia
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration alumni