Yury Alekseyevich Yevdokimov (russian: Юрий Алексеевич Евдокимов, born 10 December 1945) was the Governor of
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
, Russia. He became the governor in
1996
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and was reelected with a large overall majority on March 14,
2004
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. He was dismissed in March 2009 by presidential decree (at his own request, according to the
Kremlin
The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty, Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of th ...
) after he had been criticized by 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 ...
of "fooling around abroad" and "betraying Arctic interests".
Honours and awards
*
Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
**3rd class (1 January 2006) - for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the field and many years of honest work
**4th class (8 December 1999) - for his great personal contribution to the socio-economic development of the field
*
Order of the Badge of Honour
*Commander of the
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (29 August 2007)
References
1946 births
Living people
Governors of Murmansk Oblast
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
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