Dmitry Mezentsev made the first appointments in the government of Irkutsk Oblast, Sergei Sokol is not on the list

Irkutsk region governor Dmitry Mezentsev made appointments to key posts in the regional government and submitted to the legislature the candidacies of Yuri Paranichev and Alexander Bitarov for first deputy chairman of the government. Experts believe approval will go smoothly, and former first vice governor Sergei Sokol is not in the new list. Alexander Moiseev, Yuri Gurtovoy, Vladimir Pashkov and Tatyana Poronova also kept their posts.

The head of the Irkutsk Region has made appointments to key positions in the regional government. According to experts, the candidates proposed by Dmitry Mezentsev should pass approval in the legislative assembly without any problems. Former First Vice Governor Sergei Sokol does not appear on the list.
According to the press service, Mezentsev appointed Yuri Paranichev as acting First Deputy Chairman of the regional government. His candidacy has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly for approval of the appointment. Also submitted for approval to the post of another First Deputy Chairman of the government is the candidacy of Alexander Bitarov, who is currently a deputy of the Regional Legislative Assembly.

Alexander Moiseyev has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the regional government, Yuri Gurtovoy - Deputy Governor of the region, Vladimir Pashkov - Minister of Economic Development, Labor, Science and Higher Education, and Tatyana Poronova - acting Minister of Finance. All of them previously held these same positions.
Yuri Paranichev worked as First Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Region from December 2005 to October 2008. Then he was Deputy General Director for Repairs and Capital Construction at Irkutsk Gazprom Dobycha LLC. From September to December 2005, he served as acting First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Irkutsk Region. Before coming to Irkutsk, he had been head of the Traktorozavodsky District of the city of Chelyabinsk since August 2003.
Alexander Bitarov was elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region in October 2008. From 2004 to 2006, he was Deputy Head of the regional administration, and from 1996 to 2004, he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly.
Alexander Moiseyev held the post of Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Irkutsk Region from August 2008. From March to August 2008, he was Deputy Head of the Administration of the Novgorod Region. From 2006 to 2008, he was Deputy General Director of the Concern for Medium and Small-Tonnage Shipbuilding. From 1998 to 2001, he worked in the apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation, and from 2000 to 2003, he was Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Fisheries.
Yuri Gurtovoy was appointed Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Region in July 2008. In 2004-2008, he was Deputy Head of the Security Department of Rosoboronexport Federal State Unitary Enterprise. From September 1997 to January 1999, he was Deputy Head of the Administration of the Irkutsk Region. In 1972-1997, he worked in the state security agencies.
Vladimir Pashkov was appointed Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Region in May 2008, and then Minister of Economic Development, Labor and Higher Education of the Irkutsk Region. He worked in the administration of the Irkutsk Region from 2002 to 2005 (Head of the Department for the Development of the Industrial Complex, First Deputy Head of the Main Financial Department). From 2005 to 2006, he was Vice Mayor of Bratsk.
Tatyana Poronova was appointed acting Minister of Finance of the Irkutsk Region in January 2008. Before that, since December 2008, she had held the post of assistant to the governor of the region. Her previous place of work was the administration of the Angarsk municipal formation, where she served as deputy mayor.