Vladislav Shapsha
Vladislav Shapsha | |
|---|---|
Владислав Шапша | |
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| 5th Governor of Kaluga Oblast | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Artamonov |
| Governor of Kaluga Oblast (acting) | |
| In office 13 February 2020 – 16 September 2020 | |
| Head of Administration of Obninsk | |
| In office 27 October 2015 – 13 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Avdeyev |
| Succeeded by | Karina Bashkatova (acting) |
| Head of Administration of Obninsk (acting) | |
| In office 18 September 2015 – 27 October 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladislav Valeryevich Shapsha 20 September 1972 Obninsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia |
Vladislav Valeryevich Shapsha (Russian: Владислав Валерьевич Шапша; born 20 September 1972), is a Russian statesman and politician who has been the 5th Governor of Kaluga Oblast since 16 September 2020.
Shapsha was previously the Head of the Obninsk Administration from 27 October 2015 to 13 February 2020.[1]
Biography
[edit]Vladislav Shapsha was born on 20 September 1972. In 1995, he graduated from the Obninsk Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering with a degree in Applied Mathematics, qualifying as an engineer-mathematician. In 1995, Shapsha was drafted into the Russian Armed Forces. He served in the Russian Navy, in the city of Severomorsk, as a reserve officer.[2] After leaving the armed forces in 1997, he got a job at the Obninsk city employment center. He went from a specialist to a deputy director.
In 2002, Shapsha joined the Administration of the Governor of Kaluga Oblast as a consultant to the Deputy Governor. In 2003, he graduated with honors from the State University of Management with a degree in State and Municipal Management. For two years, from 2004 to 2006, he was the executive director of the Kaluga regional newspaper Znamya. In 2006, he began working in the administration of the city of Obninsk: as a business manager, and a deputy head.[3] He worked as chairman and deputy chairman of the Territorial Election Commission of Obninsk.[4]
On 18 September 2015, Shapsha headed the administration of the city of Obninsk as an interim, and then, on 27 October, was elected to this position by the deputies of the Obninsk City Assembly (29 out of 30 deputies cast their votes in his support.[5] He is a member of the political council of the Obninsk local branch of the United Russia party as secretary.[6][7]
In 2018, Shapsha took part in blogger Ilya Varlamov's show "BDSM" ("Big Road With the Mayor"), where he had to walk along Obninsk along an arbitrary route, answering uncomfortable questions from the presenter without preparation.[8]
On 13 February 2020, Shapsha became the acting Governor of Kaluga Oblast after Anatoly Artamonov's resignation. Artamonov had led the region for almost 20 years.[9] On 13 September 2020, during the 2020 Russian regional elections, Shapsha won the elections for the governor of Kaluga Oblast, gaining 71.19% of the vote, with a turnout of 35.36%. On 16 September 2020, he took office as the governor of the region.[10] On 21 December 2020, by decree of the President of Russia, he was included in the State Council of the country.[11]
Sanctions
[edit]Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [12]
Family
[edit]Shapsha is married, and has a child.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Администрация МО «Город Обнинск» | Глава Администрации". www.admobninsk.ru. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Владислав Шапша приступил к обязанностям мэра Обнинска" (in Russian). nikatv.ru. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Владислав Шапша: «В Обнинске никому не закрывают рот, здесь все имеют право на свое мнение!»". Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Владислав Валерьевич Шапша | АЙК Обнинск". iobninsk.ru. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Владислав Шапша избран главой Администрации города Обнинска | Информационный каталог Обнинска и его окрестностей" (in Russian). info.obninskiy.net. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Единая Россия официальный сайт Партии / Кто есть кто". kaluga.er.ru. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "ПАРТИЯ". er-obninsk.ru. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ Дина Чернова (6 November 2018). "Мэр Обнинска стал героем шоу "БДСМ" Ильи Варламова". Информационный портал "Калуга-Поиск". kaluga-poisk.ru.
- ^ Администрация Президента России: «Владислав Шапша назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Калужской области»
- ^ "Шапша вступил в должность губернатора Калужской области". Интерфакс Россия (in Russian). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Айсель Герейханова (22 December 2020). "Путин утвердил состав Госсовета". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Дмитрий Ивьев (12 December 2020). "Что известно о новом губернаторе Калужской области". kp40.ru. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- United Russia politicians
- Mayors of Obninsk
- People from Obninsk
- Acting heads of the federal subjects of Russia
- Governors of Kaluga Oblast
- State University of Management alumni
- Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering alumni
- Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
- Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions