Igor Kholmanskikh

Igor Ryurikovich Kholmanskikh (Russian: Игорь Рюрикович Холманских; born 29 June 1969) is a former Russian government appointee and former factory worker. He served as the presidential envoy to Ural Federal District, and a member of the Security Council of Russia, from 2012 to 2018.

Igor Kholmanskikh
Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District
In office 18 May 2012 – 26 June 2018
Preceded by	Yevgeny Kuyvashev
Succeeded by	Nikolay Tsukanov
Personal details
Born	29 June 1969 Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian

Early life

Igor Kholmanskikh was born in 1969.[1] His parents worked for Uralvagonzavod, a factory in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.[1] Kholmanskikh graduated with a degree in mechanics from the Nizhny Tagil branch of the Ural State Technical University in 1994.[1][2]

Career

Kholmanskikh worked a foreman for Uralvagonzavod, where he became the chief assembly manager in August 2011.[1]

During the 2012 Russian presidential election, Kholmanskikh expressed support for candidate Vladimir Putin on national television.[3] Once Putin was elected as president, he appointed Kholmanskikh as the presidential envoy to Ural Federal District "without any prior government or political experience."[3] He also serves on the Security Council of Russia.[1]

In her 2017 book, Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice writes that Kholmanskikh's appointment "bears a strong resemblance to the folklore of an era long past. Heroic laborers who through hard work and grit industrialized the country and farmed the land have long been admired, whether in Russia or the Soviet Union."[3]

On 26 June 2018, Kholmanskikh was replaced by Nikolay Tsukanov.[4] On 9 July 2018 he became head of the board of directors of Uralvagonzavod.[5]

References

1. Balmforth, Tom (29 May 2012). "Igor Who? Putin Catapults Tank-Factory Foreman Into Top Urals Post". RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
2. "Эксперты оценили деятельность Холманских на посту полпреда в УрФО" (in Russian). TASS. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
3. Rice, Condoleezza (2017). Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom. New York: Grand Central Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 9781455540181.
4. "Игорь Холманских уволен с поста полпреда президента в Уральском федеральном округе" (in Russian). Meduza. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
5. "Игорь Холманских избран председателем совета директоров Уралвагонзавода" (in Russian). znak.com. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2019.