Nikolay Nikolayevich Dudov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Дудов, born 1 January 1952) is a Russian politician, who was the Governor of Magadan Oblast of Russia in 2003–2013.

Nikolay Dudov
Николай Дудов
Dudov in 2011
3rd Governor of Magadan Oblast
In office
28 February 2003 – 3 February 2013
Preceded byValentin Tsvetkov
Succeeded byVladimir Pechyony
Personal details
Born (1952-01-01) January 1, 1952 (age 72)
Severo-Zadonsk, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
(now Donskoy, Tula Oblast, Russia)
Political partyUnited Russia
Children2 daughters[1]
EducationNovomoskovsk institute of the University of Chemical Technology
AwardsOrder of Honour

Biography edit

Nikolay Dudov was born on 1 January 1952 in the town of Severo-Zadonsk (now part of Donskoy, Tula Oblast). Since 1969 he has been a locksmith at a condenser plant. In 1970-1972 he served in the Soviet Army, reaching the rank of senior sergeant. Dudov continued to work as a mechanic at the plant to 1978, when he moved to Chukotka. There he worked as a senior electrician on duty, and then as a shift supervisor at the Chukotka CHPP. Since 1982 — instructor, then head of the organizational department of the Communist Party local branch. In 1986 he went to work in the Magadan Oblast party committee.[2]

Since 1996, he worked as an assistant, then chief adviser to governor Valentin Tsvetkov. Since November 2000 Dudov was deputy governor, and then first deputy governor of Magadan Oblast, and Tsvetkov's chief of staff. After the assassination of Tsvetkov in October 2002, Dudov was acting governor. On 16 February 2003, he was elected Governor of Magadan Oblast, overtaking mayor of Magadan Nikolay Karpenko, who was endorsed by United Russia party.[3] Dudov took office on February 28.[2] In February 2008 Dudov was appointed for a new term by Magadan Oblast Duma.[4] In February 2013 he was succeeded by Vladimir Pechyony.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Biography of Nikolay Dudov". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2013-02-03.
  2. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae". Governor of Magadan Oblast. Archived from the original on 2010-08-24.
  3. ^ "Dudov is Magadan's governor". politsovet.ru. 2003-02-17.
  4. ^ "Николай Дудов остался губернатором Магаданской области" [Nikolay Dudov remained the governor of Magadan Oblast] (in Russian). Vedomosti. 2008-02-04.
  5. ^ "Acting governor of Magadan Oblast appointed" (in Russian). Kremlin.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-02-03.