Mikhail Degtyarev


Mikhail Vladimirovich Degtyarev is a Russian politician. Acting Governor of Khabarovsk Krai from 20 July 2020.
He has been a member of the State Duma as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party following the 2011 parliamentary election. He is also Vice Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and High Technology. He is a member of the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party, and was a candidate for mayor of Moscow in the 2013 and 2018 elections.

Biography

In 1998, Degtyarev graduated from the Samara International Aerospace High School. In 2004, he graduated from the Samara State Aerospace University, Faculty of aircraft engines, and he also received a special "manager" in the same high school at the Faculty of Economics and Management in 2005.
In September 2003, Degtyarev joined the party United Russia.
In 2004, as a self-promoter he was elected a deputy of the Samara City Duma.
In 2007, he was elected to the Samara Governorate Duma on the Liberal Democratic Party.
On 4 December 2011, Degtyarev was elected to the State Duma 6th convocation of the Liberal Democratic Party party list of the Samara Oblast. Worked as Vice Chairman the State Duma Committee for Science and High Technology.
On 25 March 2013, he was elected member of the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party.
On 2 March 2016, Vladimir Zhirinovsky called Degtyarev one of the possible candidates for the post of President of Russia from Liberal Democratic Party in the elections of 2018.

Moscow mayoral elections

2013

In June 2013, the Liberal Democratic Party nominated Degtyarev as the party's candidate for Mayor of Moscow. Degtyarev received 66,232 votes, finishing fifth.

2018

On 20 June 2018, Degtyarev was again nominated as a candidate for Mayor of Moscow. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, speaking to the participants of the conference of the Moscow branch of the Liberal Democratic Party, said: "Our candidate is Mikhail Degtyarev, Deputy of the State Duma. Educated man, graduated from several universities, master of sports in fencing, a father with many children — he has three sons. Write a book. He will go to the elections of the Mayor of Moscow for the second time, he has a lot of experience. Thus, we have nominated a candidate from the LDPR, who meets the highest standards of time, we will all help him, including me."

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