Governor of Saint Petersburg is the administrative head of the city government. The Governor is helped in her administrative functions by a team of Vice-Governors and Committees headed by Chairpersons. Matvienko Valentina Ivanovna is the present Governor of St. Petersburg since 2003.
St. Petersburg Governor is nominated by the President of the Russian Federation, and approved by the local legislators. In case of disapproval of the local legislators the nomination of the Governor is dissolved.
Matvienko Valentina Ivanovna was born in Shepetovka in Ukraine in 1949. In 1972 she graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, and in 1985 graduated from the Academy of Social Sciences of the Communist Party Central Committee. Matvienko Ivanovna in 1991 attended a course for high-ranked bureaucrats at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Career of Matvienko Valentina Ivanovna
The career of Mrs. Matvienko started in 1972 after she graduated from Leningrad Institute of Chemistry and Pharmaceutics. Her career chronologically is:
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1972 - 1977 - Secretary, Head of Department, and First Secretary of Petrograd District Comsomol Committees
1977 - 1984 - Second secretary, First Secretary, Secretary of Leningrad Comsomol Committee
1984 - 1986 - Communist Community First Secretary of Leningrad Krasnogvardeiski district
1986 - 1989 - Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad Council of People's Deputies
1989 - 1990 - Chairperson of Supreme Soviet Committee on Women's Affairs
1998 - 2003 - Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for Social Policy
October 2003 - Appointed Governor of St. Petersburg Russia.
The Governor of Saint Petersburg is helped in her executive functions by 21 specialized committees. The Governor is the representative of the citizens of St. Petersburg.
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