Leonid Polezhayev

Leonid Polezhayev
Леонид Полежаев
1st Governor of Omsk Oblast
In office 17 December 1995 – 30 May 2012
President	Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev
Succeeded by	Viktor Nazarov
1st Head of Administration of Omsk Oblast
In office 11 November 1991 – 17 December 1995
President	Boris Yeltsin
Succeeded by	Position abolished; himself as governor
14th Chairman of the Omsk Regional Executive Committee
In office 31 March 1990 – 11 November 1991
Preceded by	Anatoly Leontyev
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Leonid Konstantinovich Polezhayev (1940-01-30) 30 January 1940 Omsk, RSFSR, USSR
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union→Our Home – Russia→United Russia
Education	Omsk State Agrarian University
Occupation	Hydraulic engineer

Leonid Polezhayev with Vladimir Putin in 2001

Leonid Konstantinovich Polezhayev (Russian: Леонид Константинович Полежаев; born 30 January 1940) is the former governor of Omsk Oblast. He is a hydro-engineer. In 1991 he became head of the administration of Omsk Oblast.

Honours and awards

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
  • 3rd class (30 January 2006) – for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the field and many years of honest work
  • 4th class (11 December 2001) – for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the field and many years of honest work
• Order of Honour (2 May 1996) – for services to the state and many years of diligent work
• Order of the Badge of Honour
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of Friendship, 2nd class (Kazakhstan)
• Medal "For military cooperation" (Russian Federal Security Service, 2006)
• Medal "For promoting drug control bodies" (Federal Drug Control Service of Russia, 2007)
• Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences
• Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Engineering Sciences
• Honorary Professor, Omsk State University
• Professor Emeritus of Omsk Academy of Interior Ministry