Pavel Nikolaevich Prokudin (Russian: Павел Николаевич Прокудин; Romanian: Pavel Nikolaevici Prokudin[a]; Ukrainian: Павло Миколайович Прокудін; born 17 August 1966) is a former Prime Minister of Transnistria.[1]

Pavel Prokudin
Павел Прокудин
Prokudin in 2016
3rd Prime Minister of Transnistria
In office
23 December 2015 – 17 December 2016
PresidentYevgeny Shevchuk
Vadim Krasnoselsky
Preceded byMaija Parnas (Acting)
Succeeded byAleksandr Martynov
Personal details
Born (1966-08-17) 17 August 1966 (age 58)
Smolensky, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Political partyIndependent
Alma materOdesa National Academy

Biography

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Prokudin was born on 17 August, 1966 in the village of Smolenka, in the Novosibirsky District of the Novosibirsk Oblast. In 1988 he graduated from the Odessa National Maritime Academy, and started working at the Soviet Danube Shipping Company in 1992.[citation needed]

Prokudin's political career started in 1992 when he served as the head of the department for foreign economic relations for the charity of the Tiraspol Komsomol, serving in that capacity until 1994 before serving as the director of the charity until 1996.[citation needed]

From 1997 to 2000 he worked as the director of a Tiraspol based commercial organization and from 2000 to 2006 he was the head accountant for Akvarel LLC. From 2006 to 2015 he was the general director of the Luchafer Souvenir Factory CJSC and simultaneously he was the general director of the Bendery River Port CJSC from 2010 to 2011.[citation needed]

From 2011 to 2015 he served as director of the Tighina Fortress museum, and since 2014 he has served as chairman of a public organization promoting the restoration and preservation of the Fortress.[citation needed]

On December 23, 2015 Prokudin was named the Prime Minister for outgoing president Yevgeny Shevchuk. When the new president Vadim Krasnoselsky came to power Prokudin was removed from office for Aleksandr Martynov. On January 17, 2017, he became an adviser to Krasnoselsky, and on June 6, 2017, he was elected president of the Transnistria national football team.[citation needed]

See also

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Government of Transnistria

Notes

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  1. ^ Unofficially also with patronymic as Pavel Nicolaevici Procudin (pronounced [ˌnikolaˈe.vitʃʲ]), as a Romanianization of the full former Soviet (Russian) name.

References

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  1. ^ "Transdniestrian parliament approves president-appointed candidate for republic's PM". Russian News Agency TASS. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Transnistria
2015–2016
Succeeded by