Governor of the Pskov region 2009-2017: achievements, scandals, biography

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:43

For eight years, the governor of the Pskov region was a young nominee from St. Petersburg, who clearly showed himself in the field of industry and party building. However, he faced serious challenges in his new job, opposing the local elite for power in a region traditionally considered depressed and socially and economically difficult. Now Andrei Anatolyevich Turchak has left the thankless position and is showing himself at the federal level, being the deputy chairman of the upper house of parliament.

Youth of the statesman

Andrey Anatolyevich was born in Leningrad in 1975. The father of the future governor of the Pskov region was not the last person in the Northern capital. Anatoly Turchak in 1985 headed the largest industrial association HC "Leninets", engaged in the production of navigationaviation equipment.

In the nineties, he went into politics, was VV Putin's deputy as chairman of the regional council of the Our Home is Russia party. Today Anatoly Turchak heads the city Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists, is the head of the St. Petersburg Football Federation.

Following in the footsteps of his venerable parent, Andrey Turchak, after graduating from school, entered the State Institute of Aerospace Instrumentation, later decided to get a second higher education and studied at the Diplomatic Academy under the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The beginning of a political career

The future governor of the Pskov region began his career quite early, from the age of sixteen he worked as a judo coach in the local youth sports school. Four years later, Andrey Anatolyevich made a sharp career leap, becoming the general director of one of the Leninets subsidiaries, which was headed by his father. He successfully mastered all the intricacies of managing large companies until 2005, joining the board of directors of Leninets, after which he plunged headlong into politics.

In 2005, Andrei Turchak joined the ranks of United Russia, held leadership positions in the youth wing of this political party. In 2007, a native of Leningrad went on a business trip to the Pskov region, where he became a member of the network legislative assembly, being nominated by the regional branch of United Russia. Young politician moves confidentlyforward to great achievements, he heads the Coordinating Council of the "Young Guard of United Russia", is nominated as a senator to the Federation Council from the Pskov region.

Head of the Region

Youth is not a hindrance to appointment to high government posts. In 2009, the country's president dismisses the former governor of the Pskov region and proposes a candidate from St. Petersburg. The candidacy of the new head of the region was unanimously approved by the local legislative assembly.

The new governor of the Pskov region Andrey Anatolyevich Turchak immediately set about arranging the area of work entrusted to him. Under him, the implementation of the Pskov tourist cluster project began, within the framework of which new hotels were built. In addition, the governor of the Pskov region did not leave his attention to the development of the agrarian complex, he credits the construction of the Velikoluksky pig-breeding complex.

Reporting on the results of his work, Andrei Turchak mentioned that under him the average wage in the region increased by several thousand, and teachers' salaries increased.

Scandals, intrigues, investigations

However, the governor's opponents also find negative aspects of his rule. In particular, the reasonableness of the region's impressive public relations expenditures raised many questions; large budgetary funds were spent on ambitious projects, the practical meaning of which was minimal.

Governor's dispute turned into a huge scandalPskov region Turchak with journalist Oleg Kashin. Shortly after making insulting remarks about the head of the region, the media worker was beaten by unknown persons.

In 2017, Andrei Anatolyevich asked to resign from the post of governor of the Pskov region. He went to work in the capital, becoming Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council and Secretary of the General Council of United Russia.