Sergei Vladimirovich Yeliseyev (; born 5 May 1971) is a Russian

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who was the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...

in 2021-2022. In 2022, after

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

and the occupation of the Kherson Oblast, he was appointed chairman of the government of the Russian occupation military-civilian administration of the Kherson Oblast, and later - acting head of the MCA. In November 2022, Yeliseyev returned to his previous post in the Government of the Kaliningrad Oblast.

Biography

Sergei Vladimirovich Yeliseyev was born on 5 May 1971 in Stavropol. In 1993 he graduated from the

Kalmyk State University Kalmyk State University (russian: Калмыцкий государственный университет; Kalmyk: ) is the oldest and largest university in Kalmykia. Since 2011 it is called Federal State Budget Educational Establishment of Hi ...

, in 1998 - the FSB Academy. In 1993-2005, Yeliseyev worked for the

Federal Security Service The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) RF; rus, Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ России), Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Feder ...

. From August 2014 to November 2016, he was an assistant, and then deputy head of

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. ...

- head of the administrative department. Until June 2017, he worked as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Kaliningrad Region. In June 2017, he was appointed Chief Federal Inspector for the Kaliningrad Region (he was in the office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District). From July 17, 2021 to 2022, he was First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the

. In 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he holds positions in the Russian-occupied

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...

. On 5 July 2022, he was appointed chairman of the government of the Russian occupation Military-Civilian Administration of the Kherson Oblast. On August 4, after the hospitalization of the head of the MCA Volodymyr Saldo, he was appointed acting head of the Military-Civil Administration. On September 18, 2022, due to the recovery of Volodymyr Saldo, he resigned as acting Head of the MCA and moved on to his main duties. In November 2022, Yeliseyev returned to his previous post in the Government of the Kaliningrad Oblast.

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