The Governor of the Irkutsk region, Sergey Levchenko, is one of the statesmen of the old school, he began his political career in the days of the USSR, having managed to work in the party apparatus and even lead the district. Unlike many of his colleagues, he had a serious professional career, he went from master to chief engineer, led large construction projects. The honored builder managed to get to the post of governor of the Irkutsk region only on the third attempt in 2015.
Labor activity
An authoritative statesman was born in 1953 in Novosibirsk, where he spent his childhood and youth. He grew up in a low-income family and tried to gain a serious and respected profession. To this end, Sergei Georgievich entered the Novosibirsk Civil Engineering Institute, choosing the faculty of "Industrial and Civil Engineering".
After graduating, the young specialist was distributed in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, where he began to work as a simple craftsman in the construction of a local aluminum plant. He worked diligently, showed professionalism and quickly moved up the career ladder. Having gone from master to foreman, after six years, Sergey Levchenko has grown to the position of head of the site.
In 1982, a young and talented engineer was appointed head of the Angarsk department of Steel Construction, which he successfully led until 1987.
Coming into politics
Perhaps, Sergey Levchenko would continue to work until his retirement in the field of construction, but in 1986 perestroika broke out, the party needed new young cadres. Sergei Georgievich perfectly met all the requirements of the party nomenclature and began to master the hard work of the hardware worker. He was elected as a deputy of the district and city Soviets of People's Deputies of Angarsk, worked diligently in local committees.
From 1987 to 1991, Sergei Georgievich was the second, and then the first secretary of the city party committee in Angarsk, in fact acting as mayor.
The collapse of the USSR temporarily suspended the political career of a convinced communist. At this time, he returned to construction, becoming the general director of SMU "Stalkonstruktsiya" in Angarsk. Having corrected his financial situation and firmly standing on his feet, Sergey Levchenko again turns to political activity. In 1994, leaving no place for the general director, he was elected as a deputy to the regional legislative assembly. Three years later, Levchenko makes his first attempt to become the governor of the Irkutsk region. However, in a bitter struggle, he lost to the current head of the region Boris Govorin.
Deputy
In 1999, Sergei Georgievich decided to try his hand at the role of a politician at the national level and put forward his candidacy for the post of deputy of the State Duma. Together with other deputies of the federal list of the Communist Party, he successfully passed the elections and began to work in the main parliament of the country.
Here Levchenko developed vigorous activity, not limited to passive participation in legislative work, he worked in good faith in the Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications, took part in the initiatives of the Agro-Industrial Group.
In 2001, Sergei Georgievich made a second attempt to be elected governor of the Irkutsk region. Once again, his opponent was Boris Govorin, who was not going to concede a comfortable chair without a fight. In the first round, the winner was not identified, and in the second victory Govorin won. Moreover, the difference between him and Levchenko was only 2 percent, which gave rise to talk about the active intervention of the regional administration in the vote count.
Nevertheless, Sergey Levchenko did not lose heart and continued his deputy activities. In 2004-2007, he worked in the legislative assembly of the Irkutsk region, heading the local Communist Party faction. In 2007, he returned to the State Duma, where he stayed until 2015.
Third attempt
In 2015, the former governor of the Irkutsk region was dismissed, and Sergey Eroshchenko was temporarily appointed in his place . Levchenko felt the opportunity to fulfill his cherished dream and instantly returned to Irkutsk, where he began to prepare for his third election race.
Despite the support of the central government, the inexperienced Sergey Eroshchenko could not compete with the seasoned communist, who had worked in the region for many years and had significant authority among the population. With 56 percent of the vote, Levchenko won the gubernatorial election and led the Irkutsk region.
After the inauguration and assumption of office, the politician made a number of policy statements. He promised to pay attention to the development of the agrarian complex of the region, to emphasize the restoration of collective farms in the northern regions.
Despite a number of high-profile resignations recently, as of the year 2017, the old communist is still the governor of the Irkutsk region. He is an exemplary family man, married, he has a son and three daughters. The son of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Levchenko, owns ZAO Stalkonstruktsiya.