Natalya Vladimirovna Komarova (russian: Наталья Владимировна Комарова, born 21 October 1955 in Yazvo,

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), is a Russian

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who, serves as

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of Khanty-Mansi since 2010. She previously served as in

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between 2001 and 2010, where for six years she headed the powerful Natural Resources Committee. Prior to that, she held a number of statewide and local positions in Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets. A member of

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, she is currently the only female Governor in Russia.

Education and career

Natalya Komarova is a graduate of the Kommunarsk Mining-Metallurgical Institute (now

Donbas State Technical University Donbas State Technical University (DonSTU) ( uk, Донбаський державний технічний університет) is an institution of higher education located in Lysychansk, Ukraine. Today, the university is a major regional ...

). In 1980 she moved from Donbas to

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, where she became lieutenant inspector. In 1992 Komarova took office as Deputy Mayor of

and became the Mayor of the regionally significant town two years later. She was chosen by the Governor of Yamalo-Nenets, Yuri Neyolov, as his deputy in 2000. In that capacity, she headed the Regional Economic Council. During those years, Komarova also served as an educator and

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of the Yamalsky Oil and Gas Institute, a department within

Tyumen State Oil and Gas University Industrial University of Tyumen (IUT) (''before 2016, known as the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University and the Tyumen State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering'') is a higher education institution in Tyumen, Russia. IUT provides ...

. In December 2001, Komarova filled a vacated seat in the

, where she quickly gained influence and, in 2004, was chosen as Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources and Management, one year after being elected to a full term in the Duma. She was re-elected in 2007. On 8 February 2010, Komarova's credentials were endorsed by the

and Russian 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 ...

to be appointed Governor of Khanty-Mansia, shortly after which she took office. She successfully ran for the position in 2015 after Russia re-adopted gubernatorial elections, a system that was previously abandoned ten years prior. Komarova was re-elected to another term in 2020.

References

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