Andrey Vitalyevich Nelidov , is the President of the Republic of Karelia

Republic of Karelia

The Republic of Karelia is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is located in the northwestern part of Russia, taking intervening position between the basins of White and Baltic seas...

 in Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. He came into power after Sergey Katanandov

Sergey Katanandov

Sergey Leonidovich Katanandov , was the President of the Republic of Karelia in Russia in 2002-2010.Katanandov was born in 1955, in the Karelian capital of Petrozavodsk. Educated in civil engineering and law, Katanandov served as Mayor of Petrozavodsk from 1990 to 1998, and became Chairman of the...

left office in 2010 for personal reasons.

Biography

Andrei Nelidov is an industrial engineer. His career began in 1996 as vice-governor of Leningrad Oblast and Chairman of the Committee on Forestry. For a while, he was president of the White Sea-Omega Shipping Company. In 2001, he returned as a member of the Parliament of the Leningrad Oblast. In 2004, Nelidov was Vice-President of the Parliament. Following the resignation of Sergei Katanandov, Nelidov came in office in June 2010, initially as an acting president. On July 2010, he was nominated as the new president of Karelia.