Pavel Nikolaevich Prokudin (; ; ; born 17 August 1966) is a former
Prime Minister of Transnistria.
Biography
Prokudin was born on 17 August, 1966 in the village of Smolenka, in the
Novosibirsky District of the
Novosibirsk Oblast
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. In 1988 he graduated from the
Odessa National Maritime Academy, and started working at the
Soviet Danube Shipping Company in 1992.
Prokudin's political career started in 1992 when he served as the head of the department for foreign economic relations for the charity of the
Tiraspol
Tiraspol (, ; also /; , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the third-largest city. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of cul ...
Komsomol
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, serving in that capacity until 1994 before serving as the director of the charity until 1996.
From 1997 to 2000 he worked as the director of a Tiraspol based commercial organization and from 2000 to 2006 he was the head accountant for Akvarel LLC. From 2006 to 2015 he was the general director of the Luchafer Souvenir Factory
CJSC and simultaneously he was the general director of the Bendery River Port CJSC from 2010 to 2011.
From 2011 to 2015 he served as director of the
Tighina Fortress museum, and since 2014 he has served as chairman of a public organization promoting the restoration and preservation of the Fortress.
On December 23, 2015 Prokudin was named the Prime Minister for outgoing president
Yevgeny Shevchuk. When the new president
Vadim Krasnoselsky came to power Prokudin was removed from office for
Aleksandr Martynov. On January 17, 2017, he became an adviser to Krasnoselsky, and on June 6, 2017, he was elected president of the
Transnistria national football team.
See also
Government of Transnistria
Notes
References
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1966 births
Living people
People from Novosibirsk Oblast
Prime ministers of Transnistria
Transnistrian politicians