Viktor Mikhaylovich Zimin (russian: link=no, Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Зи́мин: 23 August 1962 – 23 November 2020) was a Russian politician.
Biography
He served as
Chairman of the Government of the
Republic of Khakassia
Khakassia (russian: Хакасия; kjh, Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, ''Khakasiya'', ''Khakas Çiri''), officially the Republic of Khakassia (russian: Республика Хакасия, r=Respublika Khakasiya, ; kjh, Хакас Рес ...
, a
federal subject
The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...
of Russia, from 2009 until 2018. He came into power after
Aleksey Lebed
Aleksey Ivanovich Lebed (russian: Алексей Иванович Лебедь; 14 April 1955 – 27 April 2019) served as professional officer with the Soviet/Russian Airborne Forces, like his more prominent older brother, the late Alexander Le ...
left office. His father was Russian, his mother was of German descent.
In 2018, Zimin lost his bid for re-election to a third term in the first round of voting and declined to participate in the second, amid low polling.
He died in Moscow on 23 November 2020, after contracting
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
Скончался экс-глава Хакасии Виктор Зимин
References
External links
Official website
Biography
1962 births
2020 deaths
People from Krasnoyarsk Krai
Heads of the federal subjects of Russia of German descent
United Russia politicians
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Heads of the Republic of Khakassia
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
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