Aleksandr Avdeyev (politician, born 1975)

Aleksandr Avdeyev
Александр Авдеев
Official portrait, 2019
5th Governor of Vladimir Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 October 2021 (acting until 16 September 2022)
Preceded by	Vladimir Sipyagin
Member of the State Duma
In office 5 October 2016 – 14 October 2021
Succeeded by	Yury Petrov
Deputy Governor of Kaluga Oblast
In office November 2015 – 18 September 2016
Governor	Anatoly Artamonov
Deputy Governor of the Kaluga Oblast - Head of the Administration of the Governor of Kaluga Oblast
In office 18 September 2015 – November 2015
Preceded by	Nikolay Lyubimov
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Nikitenko
Mayor of Obninsk
In office 29 June 2010 – 18 September 2015
Preceded by	Nikolai Shubin [ru]
Succeeded by	Vladislav Shapsha
Personal details
Born	(1975-08-12) 12 August 1975 (age 49) Kaluga, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Education	Moscow State Technical University MIRBIS RANEPA

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Avdeyev (Russian: Александр Александрович Авдеев; born 12 August 1975), is a Russian statesman and politician, who is currently the 5th Governor of Vladimir Oblast since 16 September 2022.

He had previously served as a deputy of the State Duma of the VII convocation from 2016 to 2021, and as the Deputy Governor of Kaluga Oblast, and member of the Government of Kaluga Oblast from 2015 to 2016. He was Mayor of Obninsk from 2010 to 2015. He is a member of the United Russia party.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Canada imposed sanctions on Avdeev in August 2022.^[1]