Artamonov Anatoly Dmitrievich is a governor of the Kaluga region with many years of experience, who has established himself as a competent and successful leader. This official is assigned leadership in the ranking of the most effective governors, and it is read in the premieres and even by the presidents of the Russian Federation in the near future.
Childhood and youth
The biography of Anatoly Artamonov began on May 5, 1952 in a small village called Krasnoe (Khvastovichi district, Kaluga region). His parents were ordinary people - his father worked as a veterinarian and periodically carpentered; Mom took care of children and home. Anatoly was the firstborn, after which five more children appeared in the family. From the youngest nails he worked on a par with adults, grew up a responsible and serious boy - his parents did not even have to teach him to do this, because he had a whole “brood” of younger ones, and he wasn’t supposed to be the oldest one.
Having successfully graduated from high school, Anatoly Artamonov went to conquer Moscow and the first time he entered the Institute of Agricultural Engineers. In his student years, he proved to be an active and proactive youth, with pleasure participating in the public life of the university. He received a specialist diploma in the field of "mechanization of agriculture" in 1974.
Labor path to governorship
After graduating from the institute, Anatoly Anatoly did not stay in Moscow, but returned to his native Khvastovichi district, where he was taken to the local state farm as the head of repair shops.
A little later, already being married and having a son, the young specialist moved to Mosalsky district, becoming the chief engineer of the Shakhovsky state farm. At that time he was only twenty-three years old! He worked up a sweat, huddled with his family in a dormitory for thirteen beds.
The zeal of Artamonov had a beneficial effect on the development of the enterprise, and the talented leader was transferred to another state farm - Gruzdovsky. Here, at the age of twenty-six, he had already become chairman.
And then the career of a native of a simple peasant family developed even more rapidly: 1985 - head of the district agricultural department and first secretary of the Mosalsky district committee of the CPSU; 1991 - Deputy Head of the Construction Department in Obninsk; a little later - the head of a large company engaged in the implementation of the “Home” program; and finally, 1996 - the vice-governor of the Kaluga region. Having become the second person in the region, Artamonov actively dealt with the issue of rural gasification, construction, attracted investors to the region.
Anatoly Artamonov - Governor of the Kaluga Region: activities at an official post
He headed the Kaluga region Artamonov in the fall of 2000. More than once during the election campaign and later, he emphasized that he was a native and a great patriot of this region. Anatoly Dmitrievich’s high-ranking career was successful, and in 2004 he was re-elected for a second term.
A year later, when the order of formation of the executive branch in Russia changed and the deputies of the legislative assemblies began to choose governors, Artamonov’s candidacy was considered and approved by local deputies.
In 2010, deputies again approved him as governor, and in the fifteenth, he resigned, but was appointed by President Putin as Acting Governor of the Kaluga Region until the next election. They took place in 2016. And Anatoly Artamonov again became the head of the region, only already without the prefix "interim."
The results of the work of Anatoly Dmitrievich, as they say, are evident. The economy in the region has stabilized, the Kaluga region has become a leader in terms of development among other regions of the Central Federal District, and Artamonov is called one of the best Russian governors of our time and even predicted a career in the central government.
Scandals
But in every barrel of honey there is a fly in the ointment. No matter how effective the governor's activities of Artamonov, several scandals are connected with his name.
So, for example, the Russian public for a long time and vigorously discussed the case when Anatoly Dmitrievich moved around Moscow accompanied by a patrol car with Kaluga license plates, which is prohibited.
And once, Anatoly Artamonov offended a businessman named Oleg Deripaska, calling him a public swindler. The court sided with the plaintiff, and the governor was found guilty. Compensation for moral damage amounted to ... one ruble.
They criticized the head of the Kaluga region for the punctures committed during the election campaign, as well as for the fact that in 2014 he forbade Kaluga residents to pronounce the word “crisis” aloud.
A family
Anatoly Artamonov is married, his wife's name is Zoya Iosifovna. She is a medical doctor by education, and today heads the Kaluga Department of Social Protection. The couple has two children. The daughter of Anatoly Artamonov and his son gave the happy grandfather four grandchildren.
Interesting facts and hobbies
In his free time, the Governor of the Kaluga Region loves to hunt, go fishing, go skiing, play tennis or golf, ride a car, work at the cottage or just spend time outdoors.
Relatives and friends consider him a cheerful, sociable person, the soul of the company, an indispensable toastmaster at any feast. At the first opportunity, he tries to allocate time for such hobbies as fishing and hunting. Weekends begin with this. Friends of Anatoly Dmitrievich gather and all together go to the river or to the forest.
Countrymen respect Anatoly Dmitrievich for the fact that he built a red temple in his native village and a school for personal funds. And once he saved the village from an imminent fire, quickly mobilizing all his forces and leaving them to fight the fire.
Artamonov Anatoly Dmitrievich became the first Russian official to transfer to an electric car. Thus, the governor showed everyone an example of environmental awareness. In general, nature is his eternal love. At heart, he remained a simple peasant guy who could not imagine himself without physical labor and the picturesque beauties of the Russian hinterland.