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Rostov Region Governor Resigns
Vasily Golubev will leave his post after 14 years of service. He did not say what he will do next. In his youth, Golubev dreamed of becoming a pilot at the Kharkov Aviation Institute, but ended up enrolling at the Moscow Institute of Management.
Governor Vasily Golubev announced on his Telegram channel that he is resigning due to a transfer to another job.
"There are new tasks and challenges ahead. But wherever I work in the future, my main priority will always be the support and development of my beloved Rostov Region," the politician wrote.
Golubev expressed gratitude to the residents of Rostov and the region and to the country's leadership.
He served as governor of the Rostov region for 14 years, beginning in the summer of 2010. Golubev is currently serving his third term as governor, with his term ending in 2025.
Vedomosti sources cited Golubev's long tenure in power as the reason for his departure. Local political scientist Vitaly Ivanov called the politician a member of "the best part of the governor's legion" and stated that he had no complaints about him, but "we must give way to the young."
Golubev was born in 1957 in the Tatsinsky District of the Rostov Region; he is 67 years old. He planned to become a pilot, but did not enter the Kharkov Aviation Institute. Later, the politician admitted that he often recalled his dreams. He also tried to enter the Moscow Aviation Institute, but ended up entering the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Moscow Institute of Management, from which he graduated in 1980. In 1997, he completed his studies at the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration.
At the age of 17, he worked as a mechanic at the Sholokhovskaya mine, was a chief engineer, and soon headed the operations department at one of the motor transport enterprises of the Moscow region. In 1991, Golubev was appointed head of the administration of the Leninsky district of the Moscow region and held this position until 1999. Then he became deputy head of the district Anatoly Tyazhlov, and in 2003 he returned to the head of the administration of the Leninsky district, which he headed until 2010.