Sergey Sobyanin
| Sergey Sobyanin | |
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| 3rd Mayor of Moscow | |
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Assumed office 21 October 2010 Acting: Since 5 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by |
Yury Luzhkov Vladimir Resin (Acting) |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia — Head of the Government Executive Office | |
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In office 12 May 2008 – 21 October 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sergey Naryshkin |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Volodin |
| Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia | |
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In office 14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Naryshkin |
| Governor of Tyumen Oblast | |
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In office 26 January 2001 – 14 November 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
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Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin Сергей Семенович Собянин 21 June 1958 Nyaksimvol, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union, Russia |
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1986-1991) United Russia (2002-) |
| Spouse(s) | Irina Sobyanina |
| Children | Anna Sobyanina Olga Sobyanina |
| Alma mater | Kostroma Technological Institute All-Union Correspondence Institute of Law |
| Profession | Engineer, Lawyer |
| Religion | Old Believers |
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Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (Russian: Серге́й Семёнович Собя́нин; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian statesman and politician. He has served as Mayor of Moscow from October 2010 to 5 July 2013, and was re-elected Mayor on September 2013 city election.
Sobyanin previously served as the Governor of Tyumen Oblast (2001—2005), Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2005-2008 in Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet) and Head of the presidential administration (2008-2010). Sobyanin is a member of the ruling United Russia political party, and is elected to its higher governing bodies, current member of presidium of Regional Council of the United Russia in Moscow and the head (political council secretary) of the party’s Moscow branch from March 2011 to December 2012.
He is considered to be a close ally to Russian billionaire businessman Vladimir Bogdanov, Director General of Surgutneftegaz.
As the Mayor of Moscow, Sobyanin has gradually relaxed the massive construction projects of his predecessor, for which he has won acclaim for the "most sane piece of city planning in years." As Mayor, Sobyanin created of numbers TV and radio channels and newspapers, owned and controlled by Moscow Government. And he has also won praise for his efforts in combatting corruption. At the same time, Sobyanin was criticized for the banning of gay parades in the city, for which was strongly condemned by LGBT groups.
Sergey Sobyanin was born in the village of Nyaksimvol in Russia's Polar North (then in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union).
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