Oleg Markovich Govorun

Background

Oleg Govorun was born on January 15, 1969, in Bratsk, Irkutsk Region, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. His family moved to Pushkino in Moscow Oblast in the early 1970s, where he attended School No. 9 from 1976 to 1986. His father, Mark Grigorievich Govorun, worked in Moscow's construction sector.

Govorun completed mandatory service in the Soviet Armed Forces from 1987 to 1989. He is the younger brother of Vadim Markovich Govorun, a Russian biologist and medical scientist whose work has included molecular diagnostics, genomics, proteomics, and systems biology.

Education

Govorun attended School No. 9 in Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, from 1976 to 1986. The school education took place during the late Soviet period, when Pushkino formed part of the expanding suburban belt around Moscow.

In 1993 he graduated from the Moscow State Forest University, then known as the Moscow Institute of Forest Engineering, with a qualification in chemical technology. The institution developed from a Soviet technical university tradition focused on forestry, industrial production, engineering, and applied science, providing training relevant to the industrial economy in which Govorun began his professional life.

Career

Govorun began his career in Moscow commercial enterprises after completing his university education. From 1995 to 1997 he worked at RosProm as an assistant manager, project manager, and specialist in the department responsible for relations with government organizations. From 1997 to 2000 he worked at Alfa-Bank as a manager and deputy head of its government-relations department, also serving as a vice president. Alfa-Bank was one of Russia's major private banking groups during the formation of the post-Soviet market economy, and government-relations work connected private enterprise with the expanding federal regulatory system.

In 2000 Govorun entered the Presidential Administration as first deputy head of the Central Territorial Board, where his responsibilities concerned relations with Russia's regions. From 2004 to 2006 he served as deputy head of the Presidential Administration's Domestic Policy Board, and from March 2006 to September 2011 he headed that board. The domestic-policy administration operated at the center of Russia's federal political system, coordinating political parties, regional political processes, and electoral issues.

On September 6, 2011, Govorun was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District, one of Russia's federal districts centered on Moscow. He held the post until May 2012, when he became Minister of Regional Development in Dmitry Medvedev's government. His ministerial responsibilities placed him within the federal executive structure dealing with regional development, urban planning, housing, infrastructure, and coordination with regional authorities. He left the ministry on October 17, 2012.

In October 2013 Govorun returned to the Presidential Administration as head of the office for socioeconomic cooperation with the CIS member states, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. In 2018 that office was reorganized as the office for cross-border cooperation, which he continued to lead until 2019. In May 2019 he became deputy general director of Dom.RF, where his work included relations with regional authorities and issues affecting participants in shared-equity housing construction. In August 2019 he was appointed general director of the Public-Law Company Fund for the Protection of the Rights of Citizens Participating in Shared-Equity Construction. In 2020 he moved to Veb.RF as deputy chairman, with responsibilities reported in regional cooperation and urban development projects.

Politics

Govorun has been associated with United Russia and became a member of the party's Supreme Council in November 2008. His political career developed within the executive-centered system of Russian federal governance, where presidential administration officials coordinate relations between the federal authorities, regional governments, and political institutions.

His public work included responsibility for domestic political affairs, regional administration, and cooperation with territories connected to the Russian Federation. As Minister of Regional Development in 2012, he worked within a federal ministry responsible for territorial development, urban planning, housing, infrastructure, and relations with regional authorities. His later positions continued this emphasis on intergovernmental coordination and state-directed regional policy.

Membership

• Member of the Supreme Council

  United Russia , Russia

  November, 2008

Connections

Govorun is married to Tatyana Lvovna Volozhinskaya, whom he met while studying at the Moscow Institute of Forest Engineering. They have four children. His brother Vadim Markovich Govorun is a scientist specializing in molecular diagnostics, genomics, proteomics, and systems biology.

Wife:

Tatyana Lvovna Volozhinskaya

Govorun's spouse; they met while studying at the Moscow Institute of Forest Engineering.

Brother:

Vadim Markovich Govorun

Scientist specializing in molecular diagnostics, genomics, proteomics, and systems biology.

References

• European Parliament, The Composition of Russia’s New Cabinet and Presidential Administration, and Its Significance Documents Govorun's education, professional career, appointment as Minister for Regional Development, and major positions in the Presidential Administration.
  2012
• Russian Government Archive Documents ministerial responsibilities assigned to Oleg Govorun in relation to territorial planning, infrastructure, transportation, and regional development.
  2012
• Kommersant, Appointments and Resignations Documents Govorun's appointment to the Presidential Administration's office for socioeconomic cooperation with CIS member states, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, and summarizes his earlier public positions.
  2013
• Kremlin, Presidential Reception Materials Concerning Oleg Govorun Documents Govorun's work as head of the Presidential Administration's office for cross-border cooperation and his participation in presidential public-reception assignments.
  2018