Aleksey Orlov (politician)
Aleksey Maratovich Orlov Алексей Маратович Орлов | |
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2nd Head of Kalmykia | |
Assumed office 24 Oct 2010 | |
Preceded by | Kirsan Ilyumzhinov |
Personal details | |
Born |
Elista, Kalmyk ASSR, USSR | October 9, 1961
Nationality | Russia |
Political party | United Russia |
Profession | Statesman |
Religion | Buddhism |
Aleksey Maratovich Orlov (Russian: Алексей Маратович Орлов) is a Kalmyk politician who is the current Head of the Republic of Kalmykia which is part of the Russian Federation.
Early life
Orlov was born on the 9th of October 1961 in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia. He is ethnic Kalmyk. In 1984, he graduated the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the MFA of the USSR.
Early career
1984 - 1985 he worked as chief inspector of the association, chief inspector of the agency for export of agrarian products "Selkhozprodexport", Moscow. 1986 - 1989 he was a plumber of the Moscow pilot-producing plant "Agregat", Moscow; 1989 - 1991 department manager, then head of the Trade-union center of the MFA service department of the USSR, Moscow. 1991 - 1994 Director General, Vice Manager of the Soviet-Yugoslav Joint Venture Company JSC "Sov-Yug" Moscow. August 1994 - January 1995 he was Vice Manager CJSC "Poisk"; February 1995 - July 1995 Director General of the Russian-Italian Joint Venture Company CJSC "MAG".
Political career
From May 1995 to January 2003 Orlov was Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kalmykia to the RF President and Deputy Chair of the Republic of Kalmykia, Moscow; from January 2003 to October 2010 First Deputy Chair of the Republic of Kalmykia - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kalmykia to the RF President.[1]
On September 21, 2010 President Dmitry Medvedev proposed his candidature as Head of Kalmykia out of a list of four candidates submitted by the "United Russia" - Party. On September 28 he was confirmed by the legislature, the People's Khural of Kalmykia. On October 24 he took office, succeeding his predecessor Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.[2] He was elected president with more than 80 percent of the vote in 2014.
References
Justin Corfield - The History of Kalmykia: from Ancient times to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Aleksey Orlov (2015). ISBN 978-1-876586-29-4. This book covers the history of Kalmykia and the Kalmyks, and draws on a long interview with Aleksey Orlov, and also with some of his friends and colleagues in Chapter 5: Aleksey Orlov and the continued development of Kalmykia.
- ↑ "Alexey Orlov as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kalmykia to the President of the Russian Federation" (in Russian). Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ "Medvedev proposes candidature of Aleksey Orlov to Head of Kalmykia, RIA Novosti" (in Russian). September 21, 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
External links
- Official Biography of Alexey Orlov, retrieved on August 27, 2011
- - Nomination and Biography of Alexey Orlov
Preceded by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov |
Head of the Republic of Kalmykia 2010–present |
Incumbent |