Baku-born appointed St Petersburg governor
BAKU – Baku-born Georgiy Poltavchenko has been appointed governor of St. Petersburg by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The new head of Russia’s second biggest city was born in 1953 to the family of a Navy officer. His father, Sergey Poltavchenko, served as division officer in the Caspian Sea fleet. At the age of seven, Poltavchenko moved to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) with his family.
Poltavchenko, who graduated from Leningrad Aviation Instrument-Making Institute in 1976, initially worked in local military enterprises and then in the State Security Committee.
Before his new appointment, he was the Russian presidential envoy to the Central Federal District.
According to the Russian media, Poltavchenko is one the most trusted persons of the Russian government.
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