Preceded by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Religion Buddhism Appointed by Dmitry Medvedev Profession Statesman Party United Russia | Political party United Russia Role Politician Nationality Russia Name Aleksey Orlov | |
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Born October 9, 1961 (age 62)
Elista, Kalmyk ASSR, USSR ( 1961-10-09 ) Education Moscow State Institute of International Relations Similar People Dmitry Medvedev, Mintimer Shaimiev, Sergey Shoygu, Yury Luzhkov | ||
Aleksey Maratovich Orlov (Russian: Алексей Маратович Орлов) is a Kalmyk politician and current Head of the Republic of Kalmykia.
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Early life
Orlov was born on the 9th of October, 1961 in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia. He is ethnically Kalmyk. In 1984, he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the MFA of the USSR.
Early career
From 1984 to 1985, Orlov worked as chief inspector of the association for the export of agrarian products "Selkhozprodexport", Moscow. In 1986, he began work as a plumber at the Moscow plant "Agregat". In 1989, he became department manager, and later the head of the Trade-union center of the MFA service department. In 1991 he began to serve as Director General, Vice Manager of the Soviet-Yugoslav Joint Venture Company JSC "Sov-Yug" , a position which he held until 1994. From August 1994 to January 1995, he was Vice Manager at CJSC "Poisk". From February 1995 to July 1995 he worked as Director General of the Russian-Italian Joint Venture Company CJSC "MAG".
Political career
From May 1995 to January 2003 Orlov was Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kalmykia to the RF President and Deputy Chair of the Republic of Kalmykia, Moscow; from January 2003 to October 2010 First Deputy Chair of the Republic of Kalmykia - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kalmykia to the Russian Federation President.
On September 21, 2010 President Dmitry Medvedev proposed his candidature as Head of Kalmykia from a list of four candidates submitted by the United Russia Party. On September 28th he was confirmed by the legislature, the People's Khural of Kalmykia. On October 24 he took office, succeeding his predecessor Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. He was relected president with more than 80 percent of the vote in 2014.