In Irkutsk, the new governor Sergei Levchenko was inaugurated. He won 56.33 percent of the vote. He vowed to defend the interests of residents and said it was time to turn the page and get to work.

At 14:00, the inauguration ceremony for the new governor of the Irkutsk Region, Sergey Levchenko, took place at the music theater. Ministers, public figures, veterans, and journalists arrived to congratulate the governor.
The head of the Irkutsk Regional Election Commission read out the voting results and declared the election valid and legitimate. 56.33% of voters (392 thousand people) voted for Sergey Georgievich.
Sergey Levchenko came onto the stage to thunderous applause, and he vowed to defend the interests of the region’s residents, respect their rights and freedoms, and uphold the law.
The Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region, Sergey Brilka, in his parting remarks urged Levchenko to be a responsible leader and work for the good of the region.
A congratulatory message from the President of the Russian Federation was also read out: Vladimir Putin expects that the new governor’s competence and the voters’ trust in him will help achieve important goals for the region’s development.
Metropolitan Vadim of Irkutsk and Angarsk said that the choice of the residents is very important. At the same time, he made a slight mistake in the patronymic of the new governor. Metropolitan Vadim presented Sergey Levchenko with an icon of Saint Innokenty of Irkutsk as a sign of faithful service.
The chairman of the regional Council of Veterans notes that this is a shared victory for the entire region. He reminded everyone that the Irkutsk Region is the richest region, once renowned throughout the Soviet Union, and that the Irkutsk Region was previously awarded the highest honor of the USSR — the Order of Lenin. And from Levchenko, as a governor of the people, they expect the unification of all social and political forces in the region for the sake of common prosperity.
At the end of the ceremony, the new governor of the Angara region took the floor.
Sergey Levchenko says that the book about the election of the governor of the Irkutsk Region is finished; it is necessary to turn the last page and get to work. The governor notes that a unique social blend of interesting people has formed in the Irkutsk Region. He expressed gratitude to those who voted for him, as well as to those who did not vote, since everyone who came to the election came to the polls to fulfill their civic duty.
— Those who honestly campaigned against me — nothing will happen to them. And those who worked dishonestly — we’ll deal with them!