The current governor of the Sakhalin Oblast, Oleg Kozhemyako, is a man with a rich biography. He comes from Chernigovka, which is located in Primorsky Krai. After graduating from high school, he entered the assembly technical school of Khabarovsk, and ten years after graduation, in 1992, he became a student at the Far Eastern Commercial Institute. Like other citizens of the Soviet Union, Oleg Kozhemyako served in the armed forces for two years.
Fish business
In the early 90s of the last century, the ex-governor of the Amur Region actively engaged in entrepreneurial activities, opening the Primorsky cooperative, which later transformed into a large production structure.
In the late 90s, Oleg Kozhemyako became interested in the fishing business, heading the board of directors of the well-known enterprise Preobrazhenskaya Base of the Trawl Fleet, whose financial condition in those years left much to be desired. However, Oleg Kozhemyako managed to bring the company out of the crisis. He was also the owner of the Argo-1 distillery and was engaged inthe production of vodka, which he named "Nikita Kozhemyaka".
Conquest of the political Olympus
In 2001, a seaside businessman decided to try his hand at politics. He becomes a parliamentarian of the local legislative body, as well as a member of the Duma committee, which oversees issues of food policy and environmental management in the region. A year later, Oleg Kozhemyako becomes a representative in the upper house of the Russian parliament from Primorye. It should be noted that representatives of the local administration, headed by Sergey Darkin, were against this appointment, but lobbyists from the team of ex-governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko helped the owner of the Argo-1 distillery.
In September 2004, he announced his resignation as a senator and became the right hand of Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov.
Appointment
At the end of 2004, Kozhemyako Oleg Nikolayevich took third place in the gubernatorial elections in the Kamchatka region, with the support of only 14% of the vote.
In January 2005, a politician from Primorye received the post of vice-governor of the Koryagsky Autonomous Okrug (KAO), overseeing Severny Zavoz. Two months later, the head of the KAO, Vladimir Loginov, resigned from his post, and in April 2005, Kozhemyako Oleg Nikolayevich was already appointed to his place. However, the Primorye businessman will work in this status for only two years, since after the unification of Kamchatka and Koryakia, he will resign. However, Oleg's political careerNikolaevich had a brilliant continuation - he was offered a job as an assistant to the head of the presidential administration.
New position
Already in the fall of 2008, Oleg Kozhemyako became governor. This time he was entrusted with the Amur Region. It is noteworthy that in 2012 he won the gubernatorial election, and again took the post of head of the Blagoveshchensk administration.
It should be noted that Oleg Kozhemyako (Governor of the Amur Region) did a lot of useful things for the region. Everyone knows that the above subject of the Russian Federation is a "donor", and with huge debts. Despite such serious problems, the Primorye businessman managed not to aggravate the situation: he was even able to implement some investment projects. In particular, agreements were signed with Gazprom on increasing regional investments. Do not forget that a grandiose project called the Vostochny Cosmodrome is being implemented on the territory of the Amur Region, and although Oleg Nikolayevich’s merit in this matter is minimal, the attention of the federal authorities to the state of affairs in the region has increased. One way or another, according to the latest ratings, the Amur Region has firmly taken the position of a region with high economic stability.
Notable is the fact that Kozhemyako took the 17th position in the efficiency rating of governors, which, of course, is a good indicator.
One more appointment
Recently, Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed to the post of head of the Sakhalin region. This can be considered a promotion in a political career.
Sakhalin is certainly not as densely populated as the Amur region, but has a fairly strong economy. For information, the year before last, the island's GRP was a little over 670 billion rubles, while the Amur figure was at around 211 billion rubles.
In any case, Kozhemyako needs to do a lot for the even greater prosperity of the region entrusted to him. First of all, it is necessary to actively develop the oil and gas industry, invest money in the fishing industry. In addition, attempts should be made to settle with Japan the issue of its territorial claims to certain Russian islands. The region needs serious investment.
In addition, it is important to put things in order in the affairs of Kozhemyako's predecessor, Alexander Khoroshavin, who is currently in pre-trial detention.
