Sergey Sobyanin

Sergey Sobyanin
Сергей Собянин
Official portrait, 2018
Mayor of Moscow
Assumed office
21 October 2010
Preceded byVladimir Resin (acting)
Yury Luzhkov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia -
Head of the Government Executive Office
In office
12 May 2008 – 21 October 2010
Prime MinisterVladimir Putin
Preceded bySergey Naryshkin
Succeeded byVyacheslav Volodin
Kremlin Chief of Staff
In office
14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008
President
Preceded byDmitry Medvedev
Succeeded bySergey Naryshkin
Governor of Tyumen Oblast
In office
26 January 2001 – 14 November 2005
Preceded byLeonid Roketsky
Succeeded byVladimir Yakushev
Personal details
Born (1958-06-21) 21 June 1958 (age 66)
Nyaksimvol, Khantia-Mansia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Political partyUnited Russia (from 2002)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1986–1991)
Spouse
Irina Sobyanina
(div. 2014)
Children
  • Anna Sobyanina
  • Olga Sobyanina
Alma mater
ProfessionEngineer, Lawyer
Signature
Website

Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (Russian: Серге́й Семёнович Собя́нин; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian politician, serving as the 3rd mayor of Moscow since 21 October 2010. Sobyanin previously served as the governor of Tyumen Oblast (2001–2005), Head of the presidential administration (2005–2008) and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2008–2010 in Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet). He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]

Sobyanin is a member of the ruling United Russia political party, and is elected to its higher governing bodies,[2] current member of presidium of Regional Council of the United Russia in Moscow[3] and the head (political council secretary) of the party's Moscow branch from March 2011 to December 2012.[2][4]

He is considered to be a close ally to Russian billionaire businessman Vladimir Bogdanov, Director General of Surgutneftegas.[5][6][7]

As the Mayor of Moscow, Sobyanin has gradually relaxed the massive construction projects of his predecessor Yury Luzhkov, for which he has won acclaim for the "most sane piece of city planning in years."[8] As mayor, Sobyanin created Moscow Media, a holding company for a number of TV channels, radio stations, and newspapers, owned and controlled by the Moscow government.[9][10][11] At the same time, Sobyanin was criticized for the banning of pride parades in the city, for which he was strongly condemned by LGBT groups.[12]

  1. ^ О присвоении классного чина государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации Собянину С.С. (Decree 1097) (in Russian). President of Russia. 7 October 2006.
  2. ^ a b "Единая Россия официальный сайт Партии / Кто есть кто". moscow.er.ru. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Единая Россия официальный сайт Партии / Кто есть кто / Президиум Регионального политического совета". moscow.er.ru. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Sergei Sobyanin resigns as political council secretary of United Russia's Moscow branch". mos.ru. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Story of the Day / PressPATROL / Media Monitoring Agency WPS". Wps.ru. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Ежедневный Журнал: Не верю!". Ej.ru. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Toolserver:Homepage". Anticompromat.ru. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  8. ^ Lidia Okorokova (26 May 2011). "Belorusskaya shopping mall axed". The Moscow News. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Медиахолдинг Собянина почти как у "Газпрома" и Берлускони". TV Rain. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Медиахолдинг Собянина почти как у "Газпрома" и Берлускони". Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Объединяет и показывает Москва". 30 March 2012. p. 9. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Kommersant.
  12. ^ "Dozens arrested, including Americans, during illegal gay rights demonstration in Moscow". The Lincoln Tribune. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.