Vyacheslav Pozgalyov

Vyacheslav Pozgalyov
Вячеслав Позгалёв
Pozgolyov in 2010
Member of the State Duma
In office
14 December 2011  October 2016
2nd Governor of Vologda Oblast
In office
23 March 1996  14 December 2011
Preceded byNikolay Podgornov
Succeeded byOleg Kuvshinnikov
1st Head of Cherepovets
In office
4 April 1990  23 March 1996
Succeeded byMikhail Stavrovsky
Personal details
Born
Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Pozgalyov

(1946-11-15) 15 November 1946
Pyongyang, North Korea
Political partyUnited Russia

Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Pozgalyov (Russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Позгалёв, born 15 November 1946) is a Russian retired politician, who served as governor of Vologda Oblast from 1996–2011. He was born in Pyongyang, North Korea to a family of Smersh officer. He was raised in the Far East and Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast.

He became the governor in 1996. Prior to that, he was the mayor of Cherepovets. He tendered his resignation on 12 December 2011. He last served as a member of the State Duma until 2016.