Oleg Melnichenko
Oleg Vladimirovich Melnichenko (Russian: Олег Владимирович Мельниченко; born 21 May 1973) is a Russian statesman and a politician. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Self-Government and Northern Affairs. Member of the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia Party. Chairman of the All-Russian public organization "All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government".[2]
Oleg Melnichenko | |
|---|---|
Олег Мельниченко | |
| Governor of Penza Oblast | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Simonov (acting) |
| Member of the Federation Council from Penza Oblast | |
| In office 26 September 2017 – 26 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Viktor Kondrashin |
| Succeeded by | Yulia Lazutkina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 May 1973[1] Penza, Penza Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia |
Acting Governor of Penza Oblast 26 March 2021.[3][4]
Biography Edit
1990–1992 Military student at Leningrad Higher Political School named after the 60th anniversary of the Komsomol of the Interior Troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, St. Petersburg
1992–1997 Student at V.G. Belinsky Penza State Pedagogical University, Penza.[5]
1997–2001 Trainee teacher, assistant, senior teacher at the Faculty of History, V.G. Belinsky Penza State Pedagogical University
2001–2004 Deputy Head of the Zheleznodorozhny District Administration of Penza for Social Policy and Cooperation with Law Enforcement Agencies
2004–2006 Specialist expert of the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District
01.2006–11.2006 Head of the Public Relations Department of the Government of the Penza Region
11.2006–01.2007 Head of the Department for National Policy Issues, Relations with Public and Religious Associations of the Government of the Penza Region
01.2007–04.2007 Advisor to the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District
04.2007–01.2008 Minister of Education and Science of the Penza Region
01.2008–06.2008 Vice Governor of the Penza Region
06.2008–03.2009 Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Penza Region
03.2009–04.2009 Deputy Prime Minister–Head of the Department for Information Policy and Mass Media of the Penza Region
04.2009–09.2013 Assistant to the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District
09.2013–09.2017 Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District
Full State Counsellor 2nd Class of the Russian Federation. On 10 September 2017, he was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza region of the sixth convocation from the Penza regional branch of the political party "United Russia".
Since 26 September 2017 he has been Senator of the Russian Federation, representative from the legislative (representative) body of state power of the Penza region. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Self-Government and Northern Affairs.[6]
Public and political activities Edit
Since December 2017 he has been Member of the Presidium of the General Council of the All-Russian Political Party "United Russia"
Since December 2017 he has been Chairman of the All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government
Since May 2019–First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the All-Russian Association for the Development of Local Self-Government.[7]
He is a member of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations; the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Local Self-Government; the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Strategic Development and National Projects; the Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation for Regional Development; the Government Commission for the Development of Housing Construction and Efficiency Evaluation of land plots owned by the Russian Federation.
Acting Governor of the Penza Region Edit
26 March 2021 President of Russia Vladimir Putin appointed Oleg Melnichenko Acting Governor of the Penza region, prior to taking office of the person elected governor of the Penza region.[8][9]
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Melnichenko to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on 24 February 2023, which results in his assets being frozen and U.S. persons being prohibited from dealing with him.[10]
Family Edit
He is married and has a daughter.[11]
References Edit
- ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Page on the website Federation Council
- ^ "Путин назначил сенатора Олега Мельниченко врио губернатора Пензенской области". ТАСС. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Путин назначил сенатора Мельниченко врио губернатора Пензенской области". Mir24 (in Russian). Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Биография Олега Мельниченко на сайте Пензенского государственного университета pnzgu.ru (20 September 2019). Дата обращения 15 March 2021
- ^ Biography O.V. Melnichenko Party United Russia. 15 March 2021
- ^ Melnichenko Oleg Vladimirovich on the website "PenzaNews"
- ^ "Путин назначил сенатора Олега Мельниченко врио губернатора Пензенской области". ТАСС. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Путин назначил сенатора Мельниченко врио губернатора Пензенской области". Mir24 (in Russian). Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Russia-related Designations and Designations Updates; Belarus Designations; Publication of Russia-related Determination; Issuance of Russia-related General Licenses and Associated Frequently Asked Questions". U.S. Department of Treasury. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Page on the website "All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government"