{{Short description|Russian politician, military figure and statesman (born 1960)}} {{Family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Menyaylo|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sergey Menyaylo | native_name = {{nobold|Сергей Меняйло}} | native_name_lang = ru | image = Sergey Menyaylo portrait 2 (cropped).jpg | office = 6th [[Head of North Ossetia-Alania]] | term_start = 9 April 2021<br>{{small|Acting until 19 September 2021}} | term_end = | president = [[Vladimir Putin]] | predecessor = [[Vyacheslav Bitarov]] | successor = | office1 = 5th Presidential Envoy to the [[Siberian Federal District]] | term_start1 = 28 July 2016 | term_end1 = 9 April 2021 | president1 = [[Vladimir Putin]] | predecessor1 = [[Nikolay Rogozhkin]] | successor1 = [[Anatoly Seryshev]] | office2 = [[Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)|Governor of Sevastopol]] | term_start2 = 14 April 2014 | term_end2 = 28 July 2016 | predecessor3 = [[Aleksei Chaly]] (acting) | successor3 = [[Dmitry Ovsyannikov]] | birth_name = Sergey Ivanovich Menyaylo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|08|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Alagir]], [[North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|North Ossetian ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | party = [[United Russia]] | rank = [[Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation|Vice Admiral]] [[File:RAF N F7-VizeAdm 2010–.png|15px|frameless]] | allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}}<br>{{flag|Russia}} | branch = {{navy|Soviet Union}}<br>{{navy|Russia}} | service_years = 1979–2011 | battles = [[Russo-Georgian War]] | caption = Menyaylo in 2016 }}
'''Sergey Ivanovich Menyaylo''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Сергей Иванович Меняйло; born 22 August 1960) is a Russian military figure and statesman. He has been [[Head of North Ossetia-Alania|Head of the Republic of North Ossetia]] since 9 April 2021.<ref>{{cite web|language=ru|url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/65335|title=Сергей Меняйло назначен врио главы Республики Северная Осетия – Алания|website=Президент России|date=9 April 2021 |access-date=2021-04-13}}</ref>
Deputy commander of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] between 2009 and 2011. He served as the [[Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)|Governor of Sevastopol]] between 2014 and 2016, but left the post when he was appointed to be a [[Presidential Envoy]] to the [[Siberian Federal District]] (2016—2021).<ref>[http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20160812/1474217834.html Путин включил в число членов Совбеза России Меняйло, Нургалиева и Цуканова] // [[РИА Новости]]</ref>
He has the military rank of [[Vice admiral]] and the federal state civilian service rank of [[1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=452|date=3 September 2016|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации|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=03.09.2016&a8=452&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=62&y=16}}</ref>
==Biography==
Sergey Menyaylo was born in [[Alagir]] on 22 August 1960 to a Russian father and an [[Ossetians|Ossetian]] mother.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-09 |title=Полпред президента стал основным кандидатом на пост главы Северной Осетии |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/09/04/2021/607033c39a79470f371900bd |access-date=2025-11-12 |website=РБК |language=ru}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1983, he graduated as an engineer-navigator from the Caspian Higher Naval Red Banner School (now called the [[Azerbaijan Higher Naval Academy]]), and served in the [[Northern Fleet]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Меняйло, Сергей Иванович |url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/menyaylo-sergey-ivanovich |website=ТАСС}}</ref>
In 1990 he was elected a member of the Murmansk Regional Council. In 2008 he participated in the [[Russo-Georgian War]]. The following year, he was appointed deputy commander of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] by [[Decree of the President of Russia|Presidential decree]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://meridian.in.ua/news/1519.html|title=На Черноморском флоте РФ назначен новый заместитель командующего|publisher=meridian.in.ua|language=ru|accessdate=18 April 2014}}</ref>
In April 2010, he was candidate of the [[United Russia]] party for a position in [[North Ossetia-Alania]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edinros.er.ru/er/text.shtml?13/1351|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707233450/http://edinros.er.ru/er/text.shtml?13/1351|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=Официальный сайт «Единой России|publisher=edinros.er.ru|language=ru|accessdate=18 April 2014}}</ref>
In December 2011, he left military service.
On 14 April 2014 [[Aleksei Chaly]], the acting Governor of Sevastopol since the beginning of the [[annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]] of 2014, resigned his position and asked [[Vladimir Putin]] to appoint Menyaylo as the "interim governor" of Sevastopol.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1479161&tid=106314|title=Севастополь возглавит экс-замкомандующего Черноморского флота|publisher=Vesti|language=ru|accessdate=18 April 2014}}</ref> That same day he was confirmed in position by a presidential decree.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?94966|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 14 апреля 2014 года № 242 «Об исполняющем обязанности Губернатора города Севастополя"|publisher=Presidencia de Rusia|language=ru|accessdate=18 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234315/http://pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?94966|archivedate=18 April 2014}}</ref>
He resigned his position at the end of July 2016, and was later appointed as a [[Presidential Envoy|Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation]] to the [[Siberian Federal District]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20160812/1474217834.html|title=Путин включил в число членов Совбеза РФ Меняйло, Нургалиева и Цуканова|date=12 August 2016|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]}}</ref>
On 19 September 2021, the parliament elected Menyaylo as the 6th Head of [[North Ossetia-Alania]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-09-19|title=Парламент Северной Осетии избрал Меняйло главой республики|trans-title=Parliament of North Ossetia elected Menyaiylo head of the republic|url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/792221|publisher=[[Interfax]]}}</ref>
=== Russo–Ukrainian War === On April 14, 2014, Oleksiy Chaly, who was called "acting governor of Sevastopol" since the beginning of the temporary annexation of Crimea by Russia, offered Putin to appoint Menyayl "acting governor of Sevastopol", which Putin did. At the time of the beginning of the occupation of Crimea by Russia, he managed the state enterprise "Crimean Sea Ports", which acted as a subject of economic activity in the water area of five ports in Crimea. On October 9, 2014, the "Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol" appointed Menyayl "governor of Sevastopol" at the request of Putin. On July 28, 2016, Menyailo resigned and on the same day was appointed representative of the President of Russia in the Siberian Federal District.
In August 2022, Menyailo announced the creation of the [[Alania Battalion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Menyailo announces formation of a combined detachment of volunteers to be sent to Ukraine |url=https://eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/61345 |website=[[Caucasian Knot]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> In February 2023, Menyailo and Russian propagandists visited the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region, where he came under fire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-12 |title=Власти Северной Осетии отрицают, что глава республики контужен в Украине |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/vlasti-severnoy-osetii-otritsayut-chto-glava-respubliki-kontuzhen-v-ukraine/31940188.html |access-date=2024-10-29 |work=Радио Свобода |language=ru}}</ref>
; Sanctions He was sanctioned by the United Kingdom from 29 April 2014 in relation to Russia's actions in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1188172/Russia.pdf |date=29 September 2023}}</ref>
In 2020, the European Union imposed sanctions on Menyajlo in connection with the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The sanctions include a ban on entry into the EU and an asset freeze.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Merz |first=Theo |date=2020-10-15 |title=EU imposes sanctions on Kremlin chiefs over Alexei Navalny poisoning |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/15/eu-announces-sanctions-against-kremlin-chiefs-over-alexei-navalny-poisoning |access-date=2024-10-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Heads of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania}} {{Current heads of federal subjects of Russia}}
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