Artyom Alekseyevich Zdunov (; born 18 May 1978), is a Russian politician, who is currently the 3rd Head of the
Republic of Mordovia since 29 September 2021.
Biography
Artyom Zdunov was born in
Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...
on 18 May 1978. He is
Erzyan by ethnicity.
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From 1996 to 1998, he was deputy chairman of the trade union committee of students of Kazan Institute of Finance and Economics (KFEI).
In 2000, he graduated from the KFEI, and in the same place in 2004 in graduate school. He has PhD in Economics since 2005.
From June 2000 to March 2001, he was an insurance specialist, an internal auditor of the Open Joint Stock Insurance Company Industrial Insurance Company.
From April 2004 to July 2006 he taught at the Department of Macroeconomics and Economic Theory of the KFEI.
From July 2006 to May 2010, he held the position of deputy director for Science of the State Institution "Center for Advanced Economic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan".
Since May 2010, Zdunov was Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan.
From 14 October 2014 to 6 February 2018, Zdunov was the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan.
On 6 February 2018, the interim head of Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...
, Vladimir Vasilyev, submitted the candidacy of Zdunov for the post of chairman of the republic's government to parliament. On 7 February 2018, the parliament of Dagestan approved his candidacy.
On 18 November 2020, Zdunov was appointed acting Head of the Republic of Mordovia. He was elected to hold the office formally in September 2021.
Sanctions
On 24 February 2023, the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, the US State Department
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs o ...
sanctioned Zdunov for overseeing "the conscription of citizens to fight in Ukraine" in his capacity as an official of the Russian government.
On 22 September 2023, Zdunov was sanctioned by Canada, along with other Russian officials, for their involvement "in supporting Russia's forcible mass deportation of Ukrainian children, Russian disinformation campaigns, and its nuclear sector". He is also sanctioned by Australia for similar reasons.
Personal life
Zdunov is married to a Tatar woman and has a son and a daughter.
Income and property
The amount of declared income for 2019 amounted to 7 million 835 thousand rubles. His wife has 578 thousand rubles.
References
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1978 births
Living people
United Russia politicians
Heads of the Republic of Mordovia