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SERDYUKOV, Valery Pavlovich
Governor of the Leningrad region
03/07/2007
Born Nov. 9, 1945.
Graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute and Leningrad Higher Party School.
Dec. 1997, first vice-governor of the Leningrad region.
Sept. 1998, appointed acting governor of the Leningrad region.
Sept. 1999, elected governor of the Leningrad region.
Sept. 21, 2003, re-elected to this post with 56,85% of the vote.
Married. With two sons.
Hobbies: chess, traveling.
