Mezentsev Dmitry Fedorovich was born in August 1959. He is a native of the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). A well-known Russian statesman who has held far from one high-ranking position, and his work affects a large number of areas, including political and journalistic. Let's talk about how Dmitry Fedorovich Mezentsev climbed the career ladder. Biography and his activities will be discussed in more detail in this article.
Family
His father is a journalist and military man. Mezentsev Fedor Dmitrievich was a colonel and a correspondent in the newspaper "On Guard of the Motherland".
During the Second World War, he was a junior lieutenant of the railway troops. From his school years, Fedor Dmitrievich tried himself as a correspondent, and during the war years he worked in the newspaper Fight for the Motherland. The son decided to follow in his footsteps, becoming a journalist in the future.
His brother - Alexander Fedorovich Mezentsev - was the head of the administration of the city of Baikonur and a major general. He died in 2013.
Training
In 1976, after graduating from school in Leningrad, heenters the Institute of Railway Transport Engineers with a degree in Railway Engineering. Now this educational institution has been renamed PGUPS.
During his studies, he actively participated in the life of the institute. He is the Komsomol organizer of the course, the secretary of the Komsomol bureau of the faculty. Even then, the makings of a leader began to appear in him. In 1978, he took part in the construction of BAM.
After his studies, namely in 1981, he begins his professional career as a foreman in the Leningrad-B altic locomotive depot of the OZhD. Thus, his career began with a job far from the sphere of politics.
Military journalist
Since 1983, he was engaged in Komsomol work in his hometown, was the head of the organizational department of the Komsomol district committee, in addition to this, Dmitry Mezentsev held a number of other posts. His biography is closely connected with journalism.
From 1984 to 1990 - an officer in the Soviet Army, he served in the railway troops. In 1986, he became an employee of the army print media.
1988 - Mezentsev is a member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR.
Dmitry Mezentsev: statesman
In 1990, Dmitry Mezentsev began to try himself in politics. He becomes a people's deputy of the Leningrad City Council and head of its press center (until 1991).
After that, for 5 years he was the chairman of the Press and Media Committee of the St. Petersburg City Hall. Represented the Ministry of Information and Press of the Russian Federation in the region.
During the same period, he worked at the city hall andVladimir Putin, who once served as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Thus, they worked together with Mezentsev for a single year.
In 2012, he was a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation - this decision was approved by the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin. But the CEC of the Russian Federation then refused to register Mezentsev, as it turned out that he did not have enough signatures.
He is a supporter of the United Russia party. In 2004, he was predicted to be the director of Channel One, but the appointment never followed. In the same year, in addition to the position of Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council, he de alt with issues of youth and sports.
Companion of the President
After Sobchak was defeated in the elections in 1996, Putin and Medvedev leave their jobs in the St. Petersburg mayor's office.
In 1996, Putin leaves to work in Moscow in the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, who then was Boris Yeltsin. Following him, Mezentsev also moved to the capital. The career growth of the politician is associated with his acquaintance with Vladimir Putin.
The Center for Strategic Research was created by the personal order of the current president, at that time he served as prime minister. In 2001, Mezentsev - Chairman of the Council of the CSR - Siberia, a year later he took the post of Deputy Chairman of the Council of the CSR. It should be noted that the key employees of the Center in the future entered the personnel reserve of the President.
Career in Moscow
In 1996, Mezentsev moved from the northern capital to Moscow. There he took the post of Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Press for 3 years.year (to 1999).
In 1998 he defended his thesis in psychological sciences.
In November 1999, he became president of the CSR, whose activities were aimed at preparing the election campaign of Vladimir Putin. of the year - Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
In addition, from 2002 to 2006, he was chairman of the Federation Council commission on information policy. In 2004, he oversaw this area, as well as economic issues. In 2008, at the suggestion of Sergei Mironov, Dmitry Mezentsev was re-elected to the position of Vice Speaker of the Chamber.
General Secretary
Dmitry Mezentsev in 2006 first becomes Commissioner for Issues and Chairman of the Board of the SCO BC. In 2009, he was re-elected to this position for a second term.
In June 2012, at the summit held in Beijing, he was approved as the SCO Secretary General until 2015. He was in this position from the beginning of 2013 until the end of last year.
Governor
Before that, in 2002, he was elected a senator from the Irkutsk region and represented its interests in the Federation Council. In May 2009, he was nominated for the post of governor of the Angara region.
The candidacy was approved at the Legislative Assembly, and Mezentsev was in this position until May 2012. He was an appointee from Moscow, while loc althe authorities, as a rule, always wanted to see a native of Irkutsk in this post. But the appointment of a stranger was perceived with calmness and hope for the best, because Mezentsev had been a representative of their region for a long time and knew firsthand about the problems of the region.
In 2012, he resigned of his own free will, Sergey Eroshchenko took his place.
Dmitry Mezentsev's awards
He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree and Honor, also on this list is the medal "For the construction of the BAM", the Medal for Strengthening Russian-Chinese Friendship (PRC). He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor.
PhD in Psychology and doctoral student at MGIMO MFA RF. In addition, he is a diplomatic representative.
From 2009 to the present, he is the head of the Department of Political Psychology and a professor at St. Petersburg State University.
Private life
His wife Evgenia Frolova (born in 1977) is a professor, Doctor of Law, Head of Department at the Baikal State University of Economics and Law. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Do Good Center.
They have a daughter, Daria, born in 1988. She studied at SPGUTD. In 2008, Fedor Mezentsev had a grandson.
Scandalous incidents
2011 turned out to be a loud year for curious events that were somehow connected with it. In the summer of that year, the driver of the official car, to which Mezentsev was assigned, knocked down a pedestrian. Then he had to refute this information.
Shortly after this incident, information was leaked to the media that due to the delay of the governor, who was at the meeting at that time, the flight from Irkutsk to Moscow was delayed. At the same time, he apologized to the passengers for the fact that, through his fault, the flight was postponed an hour later. The conversations between the pilot and ground services got on the Internet, and then, on the fact of the illegal flight delay, the prosecutor's office ordered an investigation.
And already in the fall, another situation resonated. At that time, forest fires raged near Bratsk, and Mezentsev was unable to control this incident. Thus, his work was criticized by Sergei Shoigu and Dmitry Medvedev, who was then president.
One way or another, the figure of Dmitry Mezentsev is very prominent in Russian politics. Besides the fact that he worked in the field of journalism, he also succeeded as a statesman. One of his significant political roles was the post of governor of the Angara region.
