Igor Kholmanskikh

{{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = Putin Holmanskih 18052012.jpg | order = Russian Presidential Envoy to the [[Ural Federal District]] | term_start = 18 May 2012 | term_end = 26 June 2018 | president = [[Vladimir Putin]] | predecessor = [[Yevgeny Kuyvashev]] | successor = [[Nikolay Tsukanov]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|6|29}} | birth_place = [[Nizhny Tagil]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Игорь Холманских}} | caption = Kholmanskikh in 2012 }} '''Igor Ryurikovich Kholmanskikh''' ({{langx|ru|Игорь Рюрикович Холманских}}; born 29 June 1969) is a former Russian government appointee and former factory worker. He served as the presidential envoy to [[Ural Federal District]], and a member of the [[Security Council of Russia]], from 2012 to 2018.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of [[1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=770|date=7 October 2013|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации и классных чинов юстиции федеральным государственным гражданским служащим|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=07.10.2013&a8=770&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=67&y=21}}</ref>

== Early life == Igor Kholmanskikh was born in 1969.<ref name="radiofreeigorwho">{{cite news|last1=Balmforth|first1=Tom|title=Igor Who? Putin Catapults Tank-Factory Foreman Into Top Urals Post|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/igor-kholmanskikh-tank-factory-foreman-into-top-urals/24596681.html|accessdate=4 January 2018|work=RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty|date=29 May 2012}}</ref> His parents worked for [[Uralvagonzavod]], a factory in [[Nizhny Tagil]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], Russia.<ref name="radiofreeigorwho"/> Kholmanskikh graduated with a degree in mechanics from the Nizhny Tagil branch of the [[Ural State Technical University]] in 1994.<ref name="radiofreeigorwho"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/politika/5325540|title=Эксперты оценили деятельность Холманских на посту полпреда в УрФО |publisher=[[TASS]]|language=Russian|date=26 June 2018|accessdate=16 November 2019}}</ref>

== Career == Kholmanskikh worked a foreman for Uralvagonzavod, where he became the chief assembly manager in August 2011.<ref name="radiofreeigorwho"/>

During the [[2012 Russian presidential election]], Kholmanskikh expressed support for candidate [[Vladimir Putin]] on national television.<ref name="ricedemocracy113">{{cite book|last1=Rice|first1=Condoleezza|authorlink=Condoleezza Rice|title=[[Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom]]|date=2017|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|location=New York|isbn=9781455540181|page=113}}</ref> Once Putin was elected as president, he appointed Kholmanskikh as the presidential envoy to [[Ural Federal District]] "without any prior government or political experience."<ref name="ricedemocracy113"/> He also serves on the [[Security Council of Russia]].<ref name="radiofreeigorwho"/>

In her 2017 book, ''[[Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom]]'', former US Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] writes that Kholmanskikh's appointment "bears a strong resemblance to the folklore of an era long past. Heroic laborers who through hard work and grit industrialized the country and farmed the land have long been admired, whether in Russia or the Soviet Union."<ref name="ricedemocracy113"/>

On 26 June 2018, Kholmanskikh was replaced by [[Nikolay Tsukanov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2018/06/26/igor-holmanskih-uvolen-s-posta-polpreda-prezidenta-v-uralskom-federalnom-okruge|title=Игорь Холманских уволен с поста полпреда президента в Уральском федеральном округе|date=26 June 2018|publisher=[[Meduza]]|language=Russian|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> On 9 July 2018 he became head of the board of directors of Uralvagonzavod.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.znak.com/2018-07-10/igor_holmanskih_izbran_predsedatelem_soveta_direktorov_uralvagonzavoda|title=Игорь Холманских избран председателем совета директоров Уралвагонзавода|publisher=znak.com|language=Russian|date=10 July 2018|accessdate=16 November 2019|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155634/https://www.znak.com/2018-07-10/igor_holmanskih_izbran_predsedatelem_soveta_direktorov_uralvagonzavoda|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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