Ilya Filippovich Mikhalchuk (; born 2 January 1957) is a former

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n politician, Head of the East-Siberian Construction Company representing the interests of the SU-155 Group of companies in

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. From 2008 to 2012, he was

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Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...

; from 1998 to 2007,

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Early life and education

Born on January 2, 1957, in Kuibyshev, in 1977, he graduated from the Riga Aviation Technical School.

Career

From 1977 to 1986, he made his career in the

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(the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League). From 1986, he was a director of the Yakutsk CPSU publishing; since 1993, he headed the Department of Press of the government of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. From 1998 to September 2007, he was an elected mayor of Yakutsk. He left the city under the pressure of political opponents. From 2002 to 2007, he was a member of the leadership of the Yakutsk branch of the

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Party. In March 2008, on the proposal of

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, the Arkhangelsk regional parliament approved Ilya Mikhalchuk as Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast. On 13 January 2012 Ilya Mikhalchuk resigned as Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast. In 2013 he became a deputy general director of the SU-155 Group parent company and headed the East-Siberian Construction Company. The East-Siberian Construction Company builds housing in

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, plans to construct housing in

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and

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, as well as the plant of reinforced concrete products in Iskitim.

Curiosities

In 2011, a temporary namesake of Mikhalchuk Ilya Philippovich, a conservationist, leader of the "Plant your tree" movement and Arkhangelsk freak, who thought he was a tree, planned to go for Mayor of Yakutsk.Илья Михальчук заявляет о желании баллотироваться осенью в мэры Якутска (Mikhalchuk expresses desire to run for mayor in the fall of Yakutsk) (in Russian)
/ref> The name "Ilya Philippoich Mikhalchuk" is one of dozens, for which he officially received a new passport.

Family

Married, he has two sons. Both sons have studied in

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and the

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References

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