Dmitry Mezentsev

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Mezentsev (right) with President Dmitry Medvedev, 2010

Dmitry Fyodorovich Mezentsev (Russian: Дми́трий Фёдорович Ме́зенцев; born 18 August 1959, Leningrad)^[1] is a Russian politician and the Governor of Irkutsk Oblast.^[2] He was appointed to head the foreign affairs and media committees in the upper house of the Duma by Vladimir Putin.^[3]

His awards include:

Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class
Order of Honour
Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway" (USSR)
Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour (France)

References

↑ Candidate Details from 2012 Presidential Election
↑ Oliphant, Roland (24 January 2012). "Mezentsev Wants Action on Mill Closure". The Moscow Times.
↑ Pravda, Alex (2005). Leading Russia--Putin in perspective: essays in honour of Archie Brown. Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-19-927614-1.

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Name	Mezentsev, Dmitry
Alternative names
Short description	Governor of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Date of birth	18 August 1959
Place of birth	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date of death
Place of death

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