Oleg Kozhemyako
Олег Кожемяко
Kozhemyako in 2018
Governor of Primorsky Krai
Assumed office
20 December 2018
Preceded byVladimir Miklushevsky
Andrey Tarasenko (acting)
6th Governor of Sakhalin Oblast
In office
25 March 2015 – 26 September 2018
Preceded byAleksandr Khoroshavin
Succeeded byVera Shcherbina (acting)
Valery Limarenko
Governor of Amur Oblast
In office
20 October 2008 – 25 March 2015
Preceded byNikolay Kolesov
Succeeded byAlexander Kozlov
Head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug
In office
9 March 2005 – 1 July 2007
Preceded byVladimir Loginov
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born (1962-03-17) 17 March 1962
Chernigovka, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materPacific State Economics University
Websitet.me/kozhemiakoofficial

Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Кожемя́ко; born 17 March 1962) is a Russian politician serving as Governor of Primorsky Krai since 2018. Previously, he served as Governor of Sakhalin Oblast from 2015 to 2018. He also served two terms as Governor of Amur Oblast and one term as the head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug.

Career

Kozhemyako was appointed as the representative of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai in the Federation Council in 2002.[1][2] Then, he was elected as the head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug on 15 April 2005 and held it until the okrug merged with Kamchatka Oblast on 30 June 2007.

On 16 October 2008 President Dmitry Medvedev appointed him to the Amur governorship to replace Nikolai Kolesov.[3] On 14 October 2012, after direct elections of governors were restored, Kozhemyako ran for re-election. He was re-elected, collecting over 76% of the votes.[4]

President Vladimir Putin appointed Kozhemyako to the governorship of Sakhalin Oblast on 25 March 2015 to replace Alexander Khoroshavin, who was arrested and charged with accepting bribes.[5]

On 26 September 2018 Kozhemyako was appointed as the acting governor of Primorsky Krai.[6] On 16 December 2018 he won the recall election for the governorship of Primorsky Krai.[7]

In May 2022, Oleg Kozhemyako was included in the Myrotvorets Ukrainian database.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "О подтверждении начала полномочий члена Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации Кожемяко Олега Николаевича". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Приморские депутаты избрали нового сенатора". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2002-11-27. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Kolesov Out as Amur Governor". Moscow Times. 2008-10-17. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  4. ↑ Олег Кожемяко переизбран губернатором Амурской области (in Russian). RIA FederalPress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Russia's Putin Fires Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges". Associated Press. 2015-03-15. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  6. ↑ "Врио главы Приморья назначен Кожемяко, побывавший губернатором трех регионов". Interfax. 26 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Два губернатора-коммуниста намерены переизбраться в 2023 году". Ведомости (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Служу России: Олег Кожемяко прокомментировал попадание в базу Миротворец - PrimaMedia". primamedia.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Губернатора Приморья внесли в базу сайта Миротворец за "покушение на суверенитет Украины" - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved 2022-12-01.


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