Nikolay Nikolayevich Tsukanov (born 22 March 1965) is a Russian politician,

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, businessman, electrical welder, former governor of

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast () is the westernmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of the Russian Federation. It is a Enclave and exclave, semi-exclave on the Baltic Sea within the Baltic region of Prussia (region), Prussia, surrounded by Pola ...

, and, between July 2016 and December 2017, President

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's plenipotentiary envoy to the

Northwestern Federal District Northwestern Federal District ( rus, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, p=ˌsʲevʲɪrə ˈzapədnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the federal districts of Russia, eight federal districts of Russia. It ...

. He has the federal state civilian service rank of

1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 70px, Shoulder's rank 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation () is the highest federal state civilian service rank of Russia. The rank of the 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation was first introduced ...

. Nikolay Tsukanov was born in 1965 in the village of Lipovo, in the Gusev area of

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. Upon graduating from school in 1980 he entered a local special professional technical college (SPTU)) and obtained a specialist degree as an electrical welder. He served in the

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from 1983 to 1985, in a space communications guard battalion stationed in

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. At age 14 Tsukanov began working as a combiner's assistant, later becoming an electrical welder at the Micromotor factory in Gusev. After 1985 he began to gain prominence as a local

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leader. In the early 1990s he became a relatively successful businessman, graduating in 1999 from the Higher School of Privatization and Entrepreneurship with a specialism in law. In 2002 he became a degree candidate in

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. In 2005 Tsukanov was elected mayor of Gusev, going on in 2009 to become head of the Gusev municipal area, a position in which he successfully improved living conditions within the rather economically depressed area. In March 2009 he became chairman of the Council of municipal formations of

. In 2010 he was elected secretary of the local political council of the

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party, and on 28 September 2010 he became Governor of

. On 26 June 2018, Tsukanov replaced Igor Kholmanskikh as the presidential envoy to

Ural Federal District Ural Federal District ( rus, Уральский федеральный округ, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 12,080,523 (79.9% urban) according to the ...

References

External links

Official website of the Government of Kaliningrad Oblast
(in Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsukanov, Nikolay 1965 births Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Governors of Kaliningrad Oblast People from Gusev United Russia politicians Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow Aides to the president of Russia