Andrey Nikitin (politician)

Andrey Nikitin was born in Moscow on 26 November 1979. Although he was born there, he lived in Miass of the Chelyabinsk Oblast for almost 16 years. After graduation in 2001, he entered the State University of Management (GUU, Moscow), and received a diploma in the specialty "State and Municipal Management". He continued his postgraduate studies, in 2006 he defended his thesis on "The Strategy of Organizational Change as an Instrument of Effective Management (Methodological Aspect)"[2] and became a candidate of economic sciences. In 2008, Nikitin was awarded the MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics (the oldest private economic university in Sweden with 1600 students). The same year he became associate professor of the Department of Theory of Organization and Management of the State University of Management.[3]

On 13 February 2017, Andrey Nikitin was appointed as the acting Governor of the Novgorod Oblast by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.[4] On 10 September 2017, having collected 67.99% of the vote, he was elected Governor of the Novgorod Region. He will take the post of Governor of the Novgorod Region on 14 October 2017.[5]

In 2018 he defended his doctoral dissertation on "Formation and effective functioning of regional management teams"[6] and became a doctor of economic Sciences.

He was awarded the medal of the order "for services to the Fatherland" II degree, has the Gratitude of the President.

He is a member of the Presidium of the presidential Council for economic modernization and innovative development of Russia, and a member of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Agency for strategic initiatives to promote new projects.