KRASNOYARSK, Apr 21 Acting Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Mikhail Kotyukov told reporters that he plans to participate in the election of the head of the region in September this year.
«I plan to take part», — he said.
On Thursday it became known that the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss received an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to move to work at the federal level. On the same day, the President held a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Kotyukov and offered him to head the Krasnoyarsk Territory, he agreed. On Friday, Anatoly Seryshev, presidential envoy to the Siberian Federal District, introduced Kotyukov to the government and deputies of the region.
Kotyukov was born in Krasnoyarsk. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Deputy Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In the period from 2018 to 2020, Kotyukov worked as the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Since 2020, he has served as Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. Over the years, he was awarded with thanks from the President of the Russian Federation and the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.