We are accustomed to the fact that the governor of the region is always a mature, older person with extensive experience in public service. However, in our country recently, this established trend has become not entirely relevant. How old do you think the youngest governor of Russia is? What's his name? In which region does he work? We will answer these and other questions in this material.
Who is he - the youngest governor of Russia?
The name of this person is Alikhanov Anton Andreevich. Today he is 31 years old. The youngest governor of Russia is under the jurisdiction of the Kaliningrad region - the westernmost in our country. In a new post, Anton Andreevich relatively recently - since September 29, 2017. However, at the age of thirty, he already temporarily held the powers of the Kaliningrad governor - from October 6, 2016 to September 28, 2017.
A.A. Alikhanov, besides being a Russian statesman, is recognized as an honored lawyer and a candidate of economic sciences. Let's get to know his path to high office?
Beginning of the biography of A. Alikhanov
Today's youngest governor of Russia was born in Sukhumi (Sukhumi), the capital of the Abkhaz Republic, on September 17, 1986. It will not be superfluous to reveal some interesting facts about his parents. Father, Andrei Antonovich, a native of Moscow, by origin - half Don Cossack, and half - Greek. He received an agricultural education specializing in subtropical plants, worked at a tea factory. Mom, Alikhanova Leyla Teiranovna, graduated from the Tbilisi Medical Institute. She is a candidate of medical sciences.
In 1992, the family was forced to move from Sukhumi - the Georgian-Abkhazian war, which was terrible for civilians with ongoing shelling, was to blame. The Alikhanovs left almost all the acquired property: in Moscow, where they settled, they had to start from scratch. With another family, a total of 9 people, they rented a one-room apartment on metro station "Kantemirovskaya".
The mother of the future youngest governor of Russia was able to get a head. Department of Gastroenterology in the capital's clinical hospital. And his father, having not found his profession, became one of the founders of the meat wholesale company Rosmyasomoltorg. According to media reports, on the basis of this business, Andrei Antonovich met I. Shuvalov (First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation), M. Babich (Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District).
From the age of three, Anton Alikhanov himself felt a craving for sports. From the first grade he practiced Wushu classes, and at the age of 12 he was fascinated by judo. Then he became interested in mixed martial arts, eventually dwelling on kudo. In this sport A. A. Alikhanov is the owner of the "black belt".
As a young man, Anton Andreevich did not serve in the army of the Russian Federation. He decided to devote his strength to obtaining two higher educations: he is a graduate of the All-Russian State Tax Academy of the Ministry of Finance of Russia with a degree in jurisprudence, finance and credit.
In 2012, the youngest governor in Russia, whose photo we presented on the continuation of the article, defended his thesis at the University of Economics. Plekhanov. The work was written in the specialty "Management of the national economy." As a result, Anton Andreevich was awarded the title of candidate of economic sciences.
Carier start
In 2010, A.A. Alikhanov began his career at the Russian Ministry of Justice. In 2013, he transferred to the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation. There he was already acting as deputy. Director of the Department of State Regulation of Foreign Trade, and then was appointed Director of this department.
On August 14, 2015 he became a member of the advisory council in the field of industry under the board of the Eurasian Commission. September 22 of the same year becomes deputy. Chairman of the Government of the westernmost region. Anton Andreevich was in charge of industry and agriculture.
July 30, 2016 was appointed temporarily and. about. Chairman of the Kaliningrad Government.
And now let's move on to the most interesting milestone in the life of A. A. Alikhanov.
Gubernatorial Elections
On October 6, 2016, there was a resignation of and. about. Governor of the Kaliningrad Region - E. Zinichev. According to the Decree of V.V. Putin, A.A. Alikhanov was appointed temporarily and. about. Head of the province until the election of this officer in the September 2017 elections.
At that time, Alikhanov was one of the authors of the medium-term development plan for the Kaliningrad region. Therefore, the President decided that it was in his new post, even temporary, that Anton Andreevich would be able to implement and bring this project to an end.
On July 15, 2017, A. A. Alikhanov submitted documents to the election commission to register himself as a candidate for the post of head of the region from United Russia. A little more than a month later, he was already officially registered in this role.
It should be noted that on August 16, A. A. Alikhanov met with V. V. Putin. The country's president pointed out to the future youngest governor of Russia in the Kaliningrad region what he expects from him to complete the construction of the Primorsky Ring (bypass Kaliningrad highway). Also, Vladimir Vladimirovich asked to complete the case of VAT exemption for air transportation to the westernmost region of the Russian Federation.
The Presidentβs direction was to draw attention to the problems that the residents of the region revealed to the leader of the state during the Direct Line. At the end of the meeting, the economic situation of the region was discussed in detail.
September 10, 2017, a single voting day throughout Russia, Anton Andreyevich was elected to the post of governor of the Kaliningrad region. 255,491 residents of the region voted for him. This is 81.06% of the total number of votes. So A.A. Alikhanov became the youngest governor in Russia in 2017.
Income
According to the income statement of 2015, the total tangible profit of Anton Andreevich is estimated at about 2.21 billion rubles for this period. He has an apartment of 80.9 m2, which is in use, as well as housing with an area of ββ57.1 m2 in individual ownership. It is the shared owner of the third apartment, and a joint user in the fourth.
Car A. A. Alikhanov - passenger Mitsubishi Outlander.
Personal life politician
Surely someone is interested in the personal life of the youngest Russian governor. He is happily married to Abramova Daria Vyacheslavovna (b. 1986), who graduated from the journalism department of MGIMO-University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. She began her career as an editor on television, today she found herself in a remote work - writing typesetting for programs.
The couple has two children - son Andrei (born in 2012) and daughter Polina (born in 2015).
Awards
Anton Andreyevich has been awarded the following honorary marks:
- Medal "For diligence" of the second degree of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
- Certificate of honor of the President of Russia.
- Medal "For Contribution to the Development of the Eurasian Economic Union" of the third degree.
The youngest governors of Russia in 2017
In general, we can trace the general trend of "rejuvenation" of the middle age of the heads of regions. In addition to A. A. Alikhanov, the following politicians can be called young governors:
- The head of the river Buryatia - A.S. Tsydenov (b. 1976).
- The head of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic is R. B. Temrezov (b. 1976).
- The head of the Chechen Republic is R. A. Kadyrov (b. 1976).
- The head of the Perm Territory is M. G. Reshetnikov (b. 1979).
- The head of the Stavropol Territory is V.V. Vladimirov (b. 1975).
- The head of the Amur Region is A. A. Kozlov (b. 1981).
- The head of the Ivanovo region is A. A. Voskresensky (b. 1976).
- The head of the Nizhny Novgorod region is G. S. Nikitin (b. 1977).
- The head of the Novgorod region is A. S. Nikitin (born 1979).
- The head of the Oryol region is A.E. Klychkov (b. 1979).
- The head of the Pskov region is M. Yu. Vedernikov (b. 1975).
- The head of the Smolensk region is A.V. Ostrovsky (b. 1976).
- The head of the Tambov region is A.V. Nikitin (b. 1976).
- The head of Sevastopol is D.V. Ovsyannikov (b. 1977).
- The head of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug is A.V. Tsybulsky (born 1979).

So we recognized all the young governors of the Russian regions. Including the 31-year-old Anton Andreevich Alikhanov.