Oleg Kozhemyako

Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Кожемя́ко), born 17 March 1962, is the Governor of Primorsky Krai since 2018. Previously he was the Governor of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. President Vladimir Putin appointed him to the position on March 25, 2015 to replace former Governor Alexander Khoroshavin who was arrested and charged with accepting bribes.[1] Previously, Kozhemyako served two terms as Governor of Amur Oblast and one term as the Head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug.

Oleg Kozhemyako
Олег Кожемяко
Kozhemyako in 2018
Governor of Primorsky Krai
Assumed office
20 December 2018
Preceded byVladimir Miklushevsky
Andrey Tarasenko (acting)
6th Governor of Sakhalin Oblast
In office
March 25, 2015 – September 26, 2018
Preceded byAleksandr Khoroshavin
Succeeded byVera Shcherbina (acting)
Valery Limarenko
Governor of Amur Oblast
In office
October 20, 2008 – March 25, 2015
Preceded byNikolay Kolesov
Succeeded byAlexander Kozlov
Head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug
In office
March 9, 2005 – July 1, 2007
Preceded byVladimir Loginov
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born (1962-03-17) March 17, 1962
Chernigovka, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materPacific State Economics University

Kozhemyako was appointed representative of the Primorsky Krai Legislative Assembly in the Federation Council in 2002.[2][3] Then, he was elected as the Head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug on April 15, 2005, and held it until the okrug merged with Kamchatka Oblast on June 30, 2007. On October 16, 2008, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed him to the Amur governorship to replace Nikolai Kolesov.[4] On October 14, 2012, after direct elections of governors were restored, Kozhemyako run for re-election. He was re-elected, collecting over 76% of the votes.[5]

On December 16, 2018 he won the recall election of the Governor of Primorsky Krai.[6]

In May 2022, Oleg Kozhemyako was included in the Myrotvorets Ukrainian database.[7][8]

References
  1. "Russia's Putin Fires Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges". Associated Press. 2015-03-15. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  2. "О подтверждении начала полномочий члена Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации Кожемяко Олега Николаевича". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. "Приморские депутаты избрали нового сенатора". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2002-11-27. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  4. "Kolesov Out as Amur Governor". Moscow Times. 2008-10-17. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  5. Олег Кожемяко переизбран губернатором Амурской области (in Russian). RIA FederalPress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  6. "Два губернатора-коммуниста намерены переизбраться в 2023 году". Ведомости (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  7. "Служу России: Олег Кожемяко прокомментировал попадание в базу Миротворец - PrimaMedia". primamedia.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  8. "Губернатора Приморья внесли в базу сайта Миротворец за "покушение на суверенитет Украины" - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved 2022-12-01.


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