Dmitry Mezentsev
Dmitry Mezentsev | |
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| State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Grigory Rapota |
| Russian Ambassador to Belarus | |
| In office 30 April 2019 – 19 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Babich |
| Succeeded by | |
| Russian Federation Senator from Sakhalin | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | |
| In office 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Muratbek Imanaliyev |
| Succeeded by | Rashid Alimov |
| 5th Governor of Irkutsk Oblast | |
| In office 8 June 2009 – 18 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1959 Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR |
| Political party | United Russia |
Dmitry Fyodorovich Mezentsev (Russian: Дми́трий Фёдорович Ме́зенцев; born 18 August 1959, Leningrad)[1] is a Russian politician and diplomat serving since 2021 as the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Previously he was Ambassador of Russia to Belarus (2019–2021), Senator from Sakhalin Oblast (2015–2019), Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (2013–2015) and Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (2009–2012).[2][3]
In 2012 Mezentsev ran for President of Russia, but was rejected by the Central Election Commission.
2012 presidential campaign[]
Mezentsev tried to run for President of Russia in 2012. On 14 December 2011, the trade Union Committee of the East Siberian railway nominated Dmitry Mezentsev as a presidential candidate. His candidacy was supported by the then President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin.[4] However, the CEC rejected Mezentsev's candidacy, as after checking the signatures collected in his support, too many signatures were not recognized as valid.[5]
On 19 March 2021, Mezentsev was relieved of his post as ambassador to Belarus by presidential decree.[6] On the same day President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko appointed Mezentsev State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, replacing Grigory Rapota.[7]
Awards[]
- Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class
- Order of Honour
- Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway" (USSR)
- Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour (France)
References[]
- ^ Candidate Details from 2012 Presidential Election
- ^ Путин назначил Дмитрия Мезенцева новым послом России в Белоруссии
- ^ Pravda, Alex (2005). Leading Russia--Putin in perspective: essays in honour of Archie Brown. Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-19-927614-1.
- ^ По шпалам выборов
- ^ ЦИК: Мезенцев не будет участвовать в президентских выборах
- ^ "Путин освободил Дмитрия Мезенцева от должности посла в Белоруссии" [Putin has dismissed Dmitry Mezentsev from the post of Ambassador to Belarus]. TASS. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Лукашенко назначил Мезенцева госсекретарем Союзного государства" [Lukashenko appoints Mezentsev as Secretary of State of the Union State]. Kommersant. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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