Dmitry Vadimovich Zelenin (russian: Дми́трий Вади́мович Зеле́нин) (born 27 November 1962, in

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) is a Russian businessman and politician. During 2003-2011 he was governor of

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Biography

Zelenin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Phystech) in 1986 and worked in the electronics industry until 1990 when he became commercial director of

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and chief executive of this bank in 1995. Zelenin was one of the top managers of

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having joined in 1996 as first deputy general director. This company is one of the largest

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producers in the world. Dmitry Zelenin was elected governor of Tver Oblast in December 2003, bypassing incumbent

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officer Igor Zubov and communist Tatyana Astrakhankina. He was appointed for a second term by president Vladimir Putin in July 2007. In 2010, Zelenin caused a scandal when he posted photos of a salad containing an earthworm on his Twitter account, which was allegedly served to German President Christian Wulff. Sergei Prikhodko, foreign policy adviser to president

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

, then asked him to resign. Zelenin resigned as governor in June 2011. The main reason was not the Kremlin incident, but the result of the Legislative Assembly election, where

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party suffered its second-worst electoral performance in the 2011 regional elections. Zelenin is married with two daughters and a son.

References

External links

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Personal website of Dmitry Zelenin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zelenin, Dmitry Vadimovich Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni 1962 births Governors of Tver Oblast Living people Politicians from Moscow