Andrey Nikitin (politician)

Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin (Russian: Андрей Сергеевич Никитин; born 26 November 1979) is a Russian economist and government official. He serves as the Governor of Novgorod Oblast.

Andrey Nikitin
Андрей Никитин
3rd Governor of Novgorod Oblast
Assumed office
13 February 2017
PresidentVladimir Putin
Prime MinisterDimitry Medvedev
Preceded bySergey Mitin
Personal details
Born
Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin

(1979-11-26) 26 November 1979[1]
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia

Biography

Andrey Nikitin was born in Moscow on 26 November 1979. Although he was born there, he lived in Miass of the Chelyabinsk Oblast for almost 16 years. After graduation in 2001, he entered the State University of Management (GUU, Moscow), and received a diploma in the specialty "State and Municipal Management". He continued his postgraduate studies, in 2006 he defended his thesis on "The Strategy of Organizational Change as an Instrument of Effective Management (Methodological Aspect)"[2] and became a candidate of economic sciences. In 2008, Nikitin was awarded the MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics (the oldest private economic university in Sweden with 1600 students). The same year he became associate professor of the Department of Theory of Organization and Management of the State University of Management.[3]

On 13 February 2017, Andrey Nikitin was appointed as the acting Governor of the Novgorod Oblast by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.[4] On 10 September 2017, having collected 67.99% of the vote, he was elected Governor of the Novgorod Region. He will take the post of Governor of the Novgorod Region on 14 October 2017.[5]

In 2018 he defended his doctoral dissertation on "Formation and effective functioning of regional management teams"[6] and became a doctor of economic Sciences.

He was awarded the medal of the order "for services to the Fatherland" II degree, has the Gratitude of the President.

He is a member of the Presidium of the presidential Council for economic modernization and innovative development of Russia, and a member of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Agency for strategic initiatives to promote new projects.

References
  1. "Руководство АСИ - Агентство стратегических инициатив". Агентство стратегических инициатив. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. "Стратегия организационных изменений как инструмент эффективного управления". www.dslib.net.
  3. [Никитин Андрей Сергеевич. — Общероссийская общественная организация «Деловая Россия». — Версия от 09.08.2011]
  4. "Андрей Никитин назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Новгородской области". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  5. "Андрей Никитин вступит в должность губернатора Новгородской области 14 октября".
  6. "Защита диссертаций - РАНХИГС".
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