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Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Dudka (‹See Tfd›Russian: Вячеслав Дмитриевич Дудка; born 23 April 1960) is a Russian politician who served as the governor of Tula Oblast 2005–2011.
Vyacheslav Dudka | |
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Вячеслав Дудка | |
.jpg) Dudka in 2009 | |
| 3rd Governor of Tula Oblast | |
| In office 29 April 2005 – 29 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Vasily Starodubtsev |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Gruzdev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1960 (age 64) Tula, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia (2007–2011)[1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Branch/service | GRAU |
| Years of service | 1982–1998 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Vyacheslav Dudka was born in 1960 in Tula, Russia. In 1982 he graduated from the Tula high school of artillery engineers. From 1986 to 1998 Dudka served in the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of Soviet and then Russian army.
Since 2000 he was deputy general director of the KBP Instrument Design Bureau,[2] one of the top enterprises of Russia's defence industry. In 2003, Dudka became a part of "president's personnel reserve" and replaced communist governor Vasily Starodubtsev in April 2005.[3] In 2010 Dudka was renominated for a second term by president Dmitry Medvedev.[4]
On 29 July 2011 Dudka resigned from his post of the governor. Some sources connected his dismissal with the corruption scandal in which Dudka may be involved.[5] Eventually, in 2013, Dudka was sentenced for 9.5 years of penal colony for bribetaking.[6] He was granted parole in June 2018.[7]
- ^ "Дудка растерял товарищей". Interfax (in Russian). 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Кто такой Вячеслав Дудка и что такое КБП". Kommersant (in Russian). 24 March 2005.
- ^ Губернатор от артиллерии. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 31 March 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Тульские депутаты утвердили Дудку губернатором". bfm.ru (in Russian). 18 March 2010.
- ^ Дмитрий Медведев досрочно прекратил полномочия губернатора Тульской области Вячеслава Дудки. Channel One (Russia) (in Russian). 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Взятка строгого режима: Бывший губернатор Тульской области Вячеслав Дудка приговорен к 9,5 года колонии", gazeta.ru, July 22, 2013
- ^ "Экс-губернатор Тульской области Дудка вышел на свободу по УДО". Interfax (in Russian). 9 June 2018.