Governor of Irkutsk Region Sergei Levchenko signed a decree appointing Andrey Kapitonov as minister of housing policy, energy and transport of the region.
Andrey Kapitonov has been appointed Minister of Housing Policy, Energy and Transport of the Irkutsk Region. The relevant decree was signed by the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Sergei Levchenko. Before this, Kapitonov had been serving as acting minister of housing policy, energy and transport, with the prefix “acting.”Background: Andrey Kapitonov was born in 1964 in the city of Angarsk. In 1987, he graduated from the Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute named after the Order of the Red Banner of Labor with a degree in industrial and civil engineering; in 1999, from the Irkutsk State Academy of Economics with a degree in finance and credit; and in 2009, from the Siberian Academy of Public Administration in Novosibirsk with a degree in state and municipal administration.
He began working in 1988 as a design artist in the design department of the regional scientific and production association “Design Center.” From 1996 to 2002, he worked as deputy general director of OJSC “Karavay.” From 2002 to 2005, he served as vice mayor of the Angarsk municipal district.
From 2005 to 2010, he was elected mayor of the Angarsk municipal district. From 2010 to 2015, he worked as deputy general director of OJSC “Karavay.” Since December 21 of this year, he has been appointed to the state position of the Irkutsk Region as Minister of Housing Policy, Energy and Transport of the Irkutsk Region.