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Dmitry Mezentsev

Dmitry Mezentsev
Дмитрий Мезенцев
Mezentsev in 2018
General Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus
Assumed office
19 March 2021
Preceded byGrigory Rapota
Ambassador of Russia to Belarus
In office
30 April 2019 – 19 March 2021
Preceded byMikhail Babich
Succeeded byYevgeny Lukyanov
Russian Federation Senator
from Sakhalin Oblast
In office
31 December 2015 – 30 April 2019
Preceded byZhanna Ivanova
Succeeded byGrigory Karasin
Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
In office
1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015
Preceded byMuratbek Imanaliyev
Succeeded byRashid Alimov
5th Governor of Irkutsk Oblast
In office
8 June 2009 – 18 May 2012
Preceded byIgor Yesipovsky
Succeeded bySergey Yeroshchenko
Personal details
Born (1959-08-18) 18 August 1959 (age 65)
Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia

Dmitry Fyodorovich Mezentsev (Russian: Дми́трий Фёдорович Ме́зенцев; born 18 August 1959)[1] is a Russian politician and diplomat serving since 2021 as the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Previously he was Ambassador of Russia to Belarus (2019–2021), Senator from Sakhalin Oblast (2015–2019), Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (2013–2015) and Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (2009–2012).[2][3]

In 2012 Mezentsev ran for President of Russia, but was rejected by the Central Election Commission.[4]

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Dmitry Mezentsev". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  2. ^ "Путин назначил Дмитрия Мезенцева новым послом России в Белоруссии - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  3. ^ Pravda, Alex (2005). Leading Russia--Putin in perspective: essays in honour of Archie Brown. Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-19-927614-1.
  4. ^ "ЦИК официально отказал Г.Явлинскому и Д.Мезенцеву". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-11-14.

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