Yevgeny Ivanovich Nazdratenko (b. February 16, 1949 on board of a ship in the area of Severo-Kurilsk

Severo-Kurilsk

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, Sakhalin Oblast

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n politician.

In 1983, he graduated from the Far Eastern Technological Institute where he specialized in economics

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Nazdratenko was a Governor of Primorsky Krai

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 from 1993 until his resignation on February 5, 2001 following a heart attack

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. It was speculated that he was forced to resign from his office, as he was blamed for an energy crisis

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Nazdratenko was appointed deputy secretary of the Security Council of Russia

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in 2003.

Nazdratenko is married and has two sons.