Sergey Morozov (politician)

Sergey Ivanovich Morozov (Russian: Сергей Иванович Морозов; born 6 September 1959, Ulyanovsk) is a Russian politician who is currently a member of parliament of the State Duma. He had served as the 3rd governor of Ulyanovsk Oblast in Russia from 6 January 2005 until 8 April 2021. He was elected in 2004; his term started in 2005.[1]

Sergey Morozov
Сергей Морозов
Member of the State Duma
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Assistant Plenipotentiary Representative in the Volga Federal District
In office
19 April 2021  12 October 2021
3rd Governor of Ulyanovsk Oblast
In office
6 January 2005  8 April 2021
Preceded byMaria Bolshakova (acting),
Vladimir Shamanov
Succeeded byAleksey Russkikh
Personal details
Born (1959-09-06) 6 September 1959
Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materKutafin Moscow State Law University

After completing military service in the Soviet Pacific Fleet in 1980 he graduated from the All Union Juristic Institute in 1981. Between 1981 and 2000 he worked for the Ministry of the Interior in the Ulyanovsk Oblast later becoming head of the local Drug Enforcement Department. Morozov was elected mayor of Dimitrovgrad in 2000 and then governor of Ulyanovsk in 2004. He is married and has two sons and a daughter.[2]

Morozov took a special interest in promoting the cultural events surrounding the 2016 Bandy World Championship, which took place in Ulyanovsk.[3]

He is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

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