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Yury Zaitsev
Юрий Зайцев
Zaitsev in 2022
Head of Mari El
Assumed office
23 September 2022
Preceded byAlexander Yevstifeyev
Head of Mari El (acting)
In office
10 May 2022 – 23 September 2022
Chairman of the Government of Republic of Kalmykia
In office
14 October 2019 – 10 May 2022
GovernorBatu Khasikov
Preceded byIgor Zotov
Personal details
Born
Yury Viktorovich Zaitsev

(1970-12-16) 16 December 1970 (age 53)
Monino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia

Yury Viktorovich Zaitsev (Russian: Юрий Викторович Зайцев; born 16 December 1970) is a Russian, Mari politician and statesman, who is currently the acting Head of Mari El since 10 May 2022.[1][2]

Biography

Yury Zaitsev was born on 16 December 1970 in the city of Monino, in Moscow Oblast.

He graduated from the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR with a degree in Foreign Language with the qualification of Interpreter-Referent, Specialist in the Information and Analytical Field.

He has a PhD in economics.

From February to August 2014, Zaitsev was an adviser, and then the first deputy general director of IDGC JSC of the North Caucasus. Later, he was CEO of the company for five years.

In 2019, he was appointed Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia.[3]

On 10 May 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Zaitsev as the acting head of Mari El in connection with the resignation of the previous head of the region Alexander Yevstifeyev.[4]

Personal life

Zaitsev is married and has a son.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Встреча с Юрием Зайцевым". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  2. ^ "Путин назначил Юрия Зайцева врио главы Марий Эл". ТАСС (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  3. ^ "Председатель правительства Калмыкии стал врио главы Марий Эл". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  4. ^ "Путин назначил врио главы Республики Марий Эл". Газета.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  5. ^ "Врио главы Марий Эл Юрий Зайцев. Досье". Аргументы и Факты (in Russian). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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