Sergey Zhvachkin

Sergey Anatolyevich Zhvachkin Russian: Сергей Анатольевич Жвачкин (born 20 January 1957) is a Russian politician. He is a member of United Russia and has served as the 2nd Governor of Tomsk Oblast since 2012. From 1999 to 2007, he was a deputy in the Legislative Duma of Tomsk Oblast. Prior to his public service, he was an engineer in the oil and gas industry.

Sergey Zhvachkin
Владимир Васильев
2nd Governor of Tomsk Oblast
Assumed office
17 March 2012
(acting 21 February 2017-10 September 2017)
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byViktor Kress
Personal details
Born
Sergey Anatolyevich Zhvachkin

(1957-01-20) 20 January 1957
Molotov (now Perm), Perm Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
WebsiteOfficial Biography

Biography

Sergey Zhvachkin was born on 20 January 1957 in the city of Molotov, Soviet Union, which is now known as Perm. He graduated from Tyumen State University of Engineering and Construction in 1979 and the Gorky Institute of Engineering and Construction in 1983. In the 1980s and 1990s he was a manager in various capacities at oil and gas companies in Tomsk Oblast. In 1991, he graduated from an economics institute in Kiel, Germany.[1]

In 1999, he was elected to the Tomsk Duma. He served on the economic policy committee as well as the committee for natural resources, oil and gas industry and energy. He was appointed as the general director of Kubangazprom, a subsidiary of Gazprom in 2004, but continued to serve on the Tomsk Duma. In 2007, he was appointed at the head of Gazprom-TransGaz-Krasnodar, which coincided with the end of his term in the Duma.[1]

From 1999 to 2012, he was also the President of the soccer team, FC Tom Tomsk.[1]

In 2012, Viktor Kress stepped down and was appointed to the Federation Council (Russia). In accordance with the procedure at the time, the Legislative Duma of Tomsk presented three candidates to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, including Zhvachkin, the Duma speaker Sergey Ilinykh and the rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University Petr S. Chubik. Medvedev nominated Zhvachkin and presented him to the Duma for confirmation on 2 February 2012.[2] The Duma of Tomsk confirmed him in his position on 15 February 2012.[3] He assumed the governorship on 17 March 2012.[4]

On 21 February 2017, ahead of the direct election for governors, Zhvachkin resigned and was immediately appointed as acting governor by Vladimir Putin.[5] On 10 September 2017, Zhvachkin won a full term in the 2017 gubernatorial election with 60.58% of the vote.[6]

References
  1. "Губернатор Томской области" (in Russian). Tomsk Oblast. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Медведев предложил Сергея Жвачкина на пост губернатора Томской области" (in Russian). RIA News. 7 February 2012.
  3. "Сергей Жвачкин утвержден губернатором Томской области" (in Russian). Interfax. 15 February 2012.
  4. "Биография Сергея Жвачкина" (in Russian). RIA Novisti. 11 September 2017.
  5. "Путин назначил Жвачкина врио губернатора Томской области" (in Russian). RIA News. 21 February 2017.
  6. "Сергей Жвачкин победил на выборах губернатора Томской области" (in Russian). Tomsk Oblast. 11 September 2017.
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