Ivan Malakhov
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Ivan Pavlovich Malakhov is the governor of Sakhalin Oblast. He was born June 29, 1953 in Pologoye Zaimische, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. He is a naval veteran, attaining the rank of captain. From 1981 – 1982 he was at Higher Officers' Courses in Leningrad. In 1991, he became mayor of Nevelsk, and in 1996 after graduating from the Russian Academy of State Service, he became vice-governor of Sakhalin.[1] He became acting governor at the death of Governor Frakhudinov on August 20, 2003.[2] He was elected governor in a run-off on December 21, 2003, and was sworn in on December 30. [3] Malakhov has been instrumental in opening up the Sakhalin region to economic development and mineral exploration.[4]