Galina Shirshina

Galina Igorevna Shirshina
Галина Игоревна Ширшина
Mayor of Petrozavodsk
Assumed office
September 11, 2013[1][2]
Preceded by Nikolai Levin
Personal details
Born (1979-05-12) May 12, 1979[1]
Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast, Soviet Union[1]
Nationality Russian
Political party Jabloko
Profession Psychologist, teacher[1]

Galina Igorevna Shirshina (Russian: Галина Игоревна Ширшина) is the mayor of Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia.

Shirshina was born on May 12, 1979 in the village Alakurtti of Murmansk region. Her family moved to Petrozavodsk in 1984.[1]

Galina Shirshina has been mayor of Petrozavodsk since September 2013. Shirshina was originally a self-nominated candidate at the mayoral election. She was later supported by the opposition party Yabloko after the registration of their own candidate Emila Slabunova was cancelled.[3][4] Shirshina's electoral victory was considered as a major victory of Russian Democratic opposition. However, as a mayor she considers herself more as a civil servant who should be outside politics.[2]

In December 2015, members of the Petrozavodsk City Council dismissed the mayor Galina Shirshina “for failure to perform their duties.” Alexander Khudilaynen, the Head of the Republic of Karelia, supported resignation of the mayor.[5] In January 2016 the news told that Shirshina is going to sue Petrozavodsk's legislature for dismissal.[6]

Career

Shirshina has been working at the student organization of University as well as on the Inter-Faculty Department of Psychology.

For few years Shirshina chaired the department of educational psychology. Before that she has been teaching psychology at the university.

Before the Petrozavodsk mayoral election in 2013 Shirshina worked as a director of the local publishing house.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 City Mayor Galina Shirshina, 4 January, 2016
  2. 1 2 Galina Shirshina: 'In our society there is a stereotype that a woman is soft', The Guardian, 9 February 2014
  3. ↑ "Галина Ширшина". Grani.ru. 7 August 2014.(Russian)
  4. ↑ "ПСИХОЛОГИЯ РАССТАВАНИЯ". Karelinform. (Russian)
  5. ↑ Petroskoin kaupunginjohtaja on erotettu, December 25, 2015, (Finnish)
  6. ↑ Ex-Mayor of Russian City Sues Local Legislature for Unlawful Dismissal, The Moscow Times, 11 January 2016
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