The Front of Gorodetsky's work in the Envoy became known

Ex-Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Vladimir Gorodetsky was appointed assistant to the Siberian envoy. He will deal with political issues.

Gorodetsky will oversee the issues of interaction with state authorities of regions, local self-government and public associations, the press service of the plenipotentiary of Sergei Shanyilo said on November 30.

The adviser will focus on the implementation of statelitics of regional development, specified in the embassy.

Vladimir Gorodetsky was born on July 11, 1948 in the Smolensk region. He graduated from the Bryansk Institute of Transport Engineering, in 1972 he arrived in Novosibirsk. In 1985-1989 - second secretary of the Pervomaisky district committee of the party, chairman of the district executive committee, then - the first deputy chairman of the city executive committee. Since 1991, Gorodetsky worked at the Novosibirsk cotton plant. In 1996, he returned to the city hall as the first deputy head of the city of Viktor Tolokonsky.

After the election of the latter, the governor began to fulfill his duties. Since 2000, he was elected three times the mayor of Novosibirsk. January 9, 2014 Governor Vasily Yurchenko appointed him his deputy for the development of agglomeration, which was perceived as an “honorary pension”.

In March 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin resigned Yurchenko in connection with the loss of confidence and appointed Gorodetsky acting head of the region. On September 14 of the same year, he won the election, gaining 64% of the vote. His closest pursuer from the LDPR, State Duma deputy Dmitry Savelyev received 18.9%. On October 6, the Novosibirsk governor resigned of his own free will. Andrei Travnikov, who worked as the mayor of Vologda and the deputy plenipotentiary in the North-Western Federal District, was appointed temporarily acting his duties.

We add that the other former governor Viktor Tolokonsky recently became the main adviser to the mayor of Novosibirsk Anatoly Lokty.