Mikhail Degtyarev | |
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| Михаил Дегтярёв | |
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| 4th Governor of Khabarovsk Krai | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2021 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Sergei Furgal |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| In office 21 December 2011 – 20 July 2020 | |
| Deputy of the Samara Regional Duma | |
| In office 2007–2011 | |
| Deputy of the Samara City Duma | |
| In office 2004–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mikhail Vladimirovich Degtyarev 10 July 1981 Kuibyshev (now Samara), Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic (2005–present) |
| Other political affiliations | United Russia (2003–2005) |
| Spouse | Galina Degtyareva |
Mikhail Vladimirovich Degtyarev[a] (Russian: Михаи́л Влади́мирович Дегтярёв; born 10 July 1981) is a Russian politician serving as Governor of Khabarovsk Krai since 24 September 2021.[1]
He has been a member of the State Duma, representing the Liberal Democratic Party, since the 2011 parliamentary election. He is also Vice Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and High Technology.[2] He is a member of the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party,[3] and was a candidate for mayor of Moscow in the 2013 and 2018 elections.
In 1998, Degtyarev graduated from the Samara International Aerospace High School. In 2004, he graduated from the Samara State Aerospace University, Faculty of aircraft engines (specialty "engineer"), and he also received a special "manager" in the same high school at the Faculty of Economics and Management in 2005.
In September 2003, Degtyarev joined the party United Russia.
In 2004, as a self-promoter he was elected a deputy of the Samara City Duma.[4] In 2005, he left United Russia and joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.
In 2007, he was elected to the Samara Governorate Duma on the Liberal Democratic Party.[5]
On 4 December 2011, Degtyarev was elected to the State Duma 6th convocation of the Liberal Democratic Party party list of the Samara Oblast. Worked as Vice Chairman the State Duma Committee for Science and High Technology.
On 25 March 2013, he was elected member of the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party.
For undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Degtyarev was included in the European Union, Canada and United Kingdom sanctions list in 2014, and on the New Zealand sanctions list in 2022.[6][7][8][9][10] In 2018, he was sanctioned by Ukraine and by Australia in 2020.[11][12] In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Degtyarev to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on 24 February 2023 for his involvement in the "implementation of Russian operations and aggression against Ukraine, illegal administration of the occupied Ukrainian territories in the interests of the Russian Federation" and "calling Russian citizens to fight in the war." This results in his assets being frozen and U.S. persons being prohibited from dealing with him.[13] For similar reasons, he was sanctioned by New Zealand and Switzerland in 2022.[14]
On 2 March 2016, Vladimir Zhirinovsky called Degtyarev one of the possible candidates for the post of President of Russia from Liberal Democratic Party in the elections of 2018.[15]
In September 2022, he said he would like to go to Ukraine as a volunteer, but could not because of his duties as governor. Residents of the region started a petition proposing to remove Degtyarev from the post of governor and send him to fight in Ukraine, which was signed by several tens of thousands of people.[16]
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Main article: 2013 Moscow mayoral election |
In June 2013, the Liberal Democratic Party nominated Degtyarev as the party's candidate for Mayor of Moscow.[17] Degtyarev received 66,232 votes (2.86%), finishing fifth.[18]
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Main article: 2018 Moscow mayoral election |
On 20 June 2018, Degtyarev was again nominated as a candidate for Mayor of Moscow. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, speaking to the participants of the conference of the Moscow branch of the Liberal Democratic Party, said: "Our candidate is Mikhail Degtyarev, Deputy of the State Duma. Educated man, graduated from several universities, master of sports in fencing, a father with many children — he has three sons. Write a book. He will go to the elections of the Mayor of Moscow for the second time, he has a lot of experience. Thus, we have nominated a candidate from the LDPR, who meets the highest standards of time, we will all help him, including me."[19]