A high-ranking Russian official temporarily acts as governor of St. Petersburg for the second time. In October this year, he transferred to the highest position in the Northern capital from the post of plenipotentiary representative of the president in the Central Federal District. Alexander Beglov again leads Peter, and everyone once again wonders: will he finally become a full-fledged governor?
early years
Alexander Dmitrievich Beglov was born on May 19, 1956 in Soviet Azerbaijan in the city of Baku. Where his father, a military man who participated in several wars, moved from the Ryazan region (the village of Ogarevsky Vyselki). In the mid-60s, when Alexander was nine years old, the family moved permanently to Leningrad.
In childhood, Alexander wanted to become a naval officer, but failed to realize his dream. As he himself admits, he failed to pass the entrance exams at the Naval College, as he did not always study well. After graduating from the eighth grade, he entered a vocational school. Later he graduated from the industrial and pedagogical college. In 1976 he was called up for two years for military service in the Soviet Army.
Start of work
The labor biography of Alexander Beglov began immediately after demobilization, when he got a job as a high-rise installer in a construction organization. By 1985, he reached the position of head of the capital construction department, having worked in various engineering, technical and managerial positions. At the same time he entered to study at the local civil engineering institute. Which he graduated in 1983 with a degree in Industrial and Civil Engineering.
As an experienced manager, Alexander Beglov in 1985 was invited to the Executive Committee of the Lensoviet, where he led the department responsible for the construction of enterprises producing building materials. After the earthquake in Spitak (Armenia) in 1988, as part of a large group of Leningrad builders, he took part in the restoration of the city.
In leadership work
One year he worked in the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU, where he led the sector in the socio-economic department. In 1990, he returned with an increase to the city executive committee, where he received the position of deputy head of department responsible for capital construction. He was responsible for the construction of new residential neighborhoods (Kupchino, Lake Dolgoe, Rybatskoe) and the construction of production facilities, utilities and special treatment facilities. He supervised the construction of many special structures in various regions of the country.
With the beginning of perestroika, Alexander Beglov decides to engage in private business. He became the founder of several companies, including the transport and production company Joint and the printing company Business Partner. For six years he worked as chief engineer at the Russian-German enterprise Melazel (in which he was also a co-founder). The company worked closely with the city committee on foreign economic relations, then chaired by Vladimir Putin. In 1997-1999 he worked as a senior research fellow at his native institute, which was renamed at this time the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
In the city guide
In autumn 1999, Alexander Beglov received the post of head of the administration of the Kurortny district. On his initiative, reconstruction of Freedom Square in Sestroretsk, the famous monument to Peter I and Sergei Mosin (designer of the famous three-line rifle) was carried out. He did not forget about the fountain "Girl with a Fish".
Three years later, he became one of the deputy governors of Yakovlev, who said that he had chosen Alexander Beglov for professional qualities. Because he has proven himself to be working in the area, he knows how to talk with adults and youth. Although, according to experts, the appointment came under pressure from the president’s representatives in the region. The City Legislative Assembly approved only on the second attempt the new vice-governor, who was supposed to lead the office of Smolny. After Yakovlev went to work in the Russian government, he was appointed interim governor.
In the administration of the head of state
After being elected the new governor V. Matvienko, he went to work as the first deputy representative of the president in the NWFD. Where he oversaw issues of interaction with the central executive branch. In 2003, he became the head of the local branch of United Russia.
In the spring of 2004, he was appointed assistant to the Russian president, head of the control department of the presidential administration. In the same year he was elected to the leadership of the ruling party. The following year, he joined the Presidential Council, which implements priority national projects and is responsible for population policy. He advocated the personal responsibility of regional leaders for the implementation of national projects.
Presidential Representative
In the spring of 2008, Beglov was appointed to the high post of Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Since 2009, he heads the newly created Council for Cossacks under the President of the Russian Federation and is considered a sincere believer. Although his colleagues say that during the work of Alexander Beglov in the regional committee of the CPSU, this piety did not manifest itself. In 2012, he presented his doctoral dissertation on agricultural production in Cossack communities.
In the spring of 2012, after taking office of President Vladimir Putin, he was appointed plenipotentiary of the president in the Central Federal District. Alexander Beglov worked at this post for five years, until in 2017 he was transferred to the same post in the North-West of the country.
Third attempt
In October 2018, he was appointed to the post of Acting Head of St. Petersburg. In the political biography of Alexander Dmitrievich Beglov, a third chance appeared to become a full-fledged governor of his native city.
Commenting on this appointment, Vladimir Yakovlev said that Beglov would be a good governor, because he had gained experience working in large federal positions, and at the same time he knew the city economy and all the problems well.
