Ernest Gedrevich Mackevičius (russian: Эрне́ст Гедревич Мацкя́вичюс, lt, Ernestas Mackevičius; 25 November 1968,

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) is a Russian journalist and TV host. Presenter of the programs Good Morning, Russia (2002–2005) and

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(since 2006).

Biography

Born on 25 November 1968 in Vilnius. Ernest's father is theatre director Giedrius Mackevičius. Mother Marina Mackevičienė is a journalist with the newspaper

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. He graduated from the Moscow school No. 579,История родной школы
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. He studied on the same course with his future colleagues on the

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Vladimir Lensky, Sergey Gaponov, Vyacheslav Grunsky, Sergey Dedukh, Andrey Cherkasov, Alexander Khabarov and Vladimir Chernyshev. He also studied for some time on the same course with

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and

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, who, due to various circumstances, graduated from the university later. He has worked in television since 1991, starting as the TV company

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correspondent. He commented for the VGTRK for the

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. Ernest was awarded the Medal of the Order for Services to the Fatherland I class (2008) and the Order of Friendship (2014). He is married to Alina Akhmetova and has a daughter Dahlia (born 2004).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackevicius, Ernest 1968 births Living people Journalists from Vilnius Russian television personalities 20th-century Russian journalists 21st-century Russian journalists Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class Moscow State University alumni Russian people of Lithuanian descent Eurovision commentators