Pavel Leonidovich Ipatov , Born 12 April 1950, is the governor of Saratov Oblast

Saratov Oblast

Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. Population: -Demographics:Population:...

. He is the first governor appointed by President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

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, who replaced a directly elected governor. Ipatov belongs to United Russia

United Russia

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. He was previously director of a nuclear-power plant.

Ipatov was born in the village of Asbestovskoye in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...

 and studied at the Urals Political College in Sverdlovsk

Yekaterinburg

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. In 1975 he graduated from the Ural State Technical University

Ural State Technical University

Ural State Technical University is a higher education institute in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation. It is the biggest technical institution of higher education in Russia, with close ties to local industry in the Urals...

 with a degree in electrical engineering and joined the power generation industry. During the 1980s he was manager at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant

South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant

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 and became chief engineer at the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant

Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant

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 in 1985 and managing director of this plant in 1989. He became deputy managing director of Energoatom in 2002.

He was a deputy on Balakovo

Balakovo

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 city council from 1996 to 2004, before being appointed governor of Saratov Oblast in 2005

Awards

• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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   - 1988
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
  Order of Friendship of Peoples
  The Order of Friendship of Peoples was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons , organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in strengthening of inter-ethnic and international friendship and cooperation, for...
  
   - 1994
• Order of Honour (Russian Federation) - 2000
• Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR - 1991

Sources

• This article is sourced from Russian Wikipedia
• Saratov Governor's Page in Russian