Pavel Ipatov (politician)
Pavel Leonidovich Ipatov Па́вел Леони́дович Ипа́тов | |
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2nd | |
In office 5 April 2005 – 23 March 2012 | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Valery Radayev |
Personal details | |
Born | Asbestovskoye, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | April 12, 1950
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | United Russia |
Profession | Nuclear physicist |
Pavel Leonidovich Ipatov (Russian: Па́вел Леони́дович Ипа́тов), Born 12 April 1950, he was the governor of Saratov Oblast until 23 March 2012. He was the first governor appointed by President Vladimir Putin, who replaced a directly elected governor. Ipatov is a member of United Russia. He was previously director of a nuclear power plant.
Career[]
Ipatov was born in the village of Asbestovskoye in Sverdlovsk Oblast and studied at the Urals Political College in Sverdlovsk. In 1975 he graduated from the Ural State Technical University with a degree in electrical engineering and joined the power generation industry. During the 1980s he was manager at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant and became chief engineer at the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant in 1985 and managing director of this plant in 1989. He became deputy managing director of Energoatom in 2002.
He was a deputy of the Balakovo city council from 1996 to 2004, before being appointed governor of Saratov Oblast in 2005.
On 23 March 2012, he resigned from the post according to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation to be replaced by Valery Radaev. The wording in the Decree was “resignation according to his own will”.[1]
Awards[]
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour - 1988
- Order of Friendship of Peoples - 1994
- Order of Honour (Russian Federation) - 2000
- Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR - 1991
Sources[]
- This article is sourced from Russian Wikipedia
References[]
- Governors of Saratov Oblast
- 1950 births
- Living people
- United Russia politicians
- 21st-century Russian politicians
- Russian nuclear physicists
- Russian politician stubs