Igor Kholmanskikh

Igor Kholmanskikh
Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District
In office
18 May 2012 – 26 June 2018
Succeeded by Nikolay Tsukanov
Personal details
Nationality Russian

Igor Ryurikovich Kholmanskikh (Russian: Игорь Рюрикович Холманских; born 29 June 1969) is a former Russian government appointee and former factory worker. He serves as the presidential envoy to Ural Federal District, and a member of the Security Council of Russia.

Early life

Igor Kholmanskikh was born in 1969.[1] His parents worked for Uralvagonzavod, a factory in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.[1] Kholmanskikh "earned a degree in mechanics" in 1994.[1]

Career

Kholmanskikh worked a foreman for Uralvagonzavod, where he became the chief assembly manager in August 2011.[1]

During the 2012 Russian presidential election, Kholmanskikh expressed support for candidate Vladimir Putin on national television.[2] Once Putin was elected as president, he appointed Kholmanskikh as the presidential envoy to Ural Federal District "without any prior government or political experience."[2] He also serves on the Security Council of Russia.[1]

In her 2017 book, Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice writes that Kholmanskikh's appointment "bears a strong resemblance to the folklore of an era long past. Heroic laborers who through hard work and grit industrialized the country and farmed the land have long been admired, whether in Russia or the Soviet Union."[2]

On 26 June 2018, Kholmanskikh was replaced by Nikolay Tsukanov.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Balmforth, Tom (May 29, 2012). "Igor Who? Putin Catapults Tank-Factory Foreman Into Top Urals Post". RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Rice, Condoleezza (2017). Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom. New York: Grand Central Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 9781455540181.
  3. ↑ "Игорь Холманских уволен с поста полпреда президента в Уральском федеральном округе" (in Russian). Meduza. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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