Kondratyev Veniamin Ivanovich

Since September 13, 2015 - Governor of the Krasnodar Territory. On April 22, 2015, he was appointed acting head of administration (governor) of the Krasnodar Territory. Former Deputy Administrator of the President of the Russian Federation.

Biography

In 1993, he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Kuban State University, receiving a diploma as a philologist and teacher of the Russian language.

In 1995 he defended his PhD thesis at the Faculty of Law of Kuban State University.

Married, has two children.

Professional and administrative career

In 1991 - 1994 he worked legal consultant and head of the legal sector of JSC Plutos (Krasnodar).

In 1994 - 1995, he received the position of senior legal adviser and leading specialist in the legal department of the administration of the Krasnodar region.

In 1995 - 2001, he became deputy and first deputy head of the legal department of the administration of the Krasnodar region, as well as head of the department for systematization and legal examination of normative legal acts.

In 2001 - 2003, he worked as deputy chief of staff, head of the legal department of the administration of the Krasnodar region.

In 2003 - 2007, he worked as deputy head of the administration (governor) of the Krasnodar Territory on issues of property, land and legal relations, head of the department of property relations of the Krasnodar Territory.

In 2007 - 2014, he continued to work in the administration of the governor of the Krasnodar Territory as deputy head of the administration, while simultaneously holding the position of head of the property relations department of the Krasnodar Territory.

In 2014, he went to work at the Main Directorate of Federal Property of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation as deputy head.

In January 2015, he was appointed to the position of Head of the Main Directorate of Federal Property of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

In March 2015, he became Deputy Administrator of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.

Acting Governor of the Krasnodar Territory

On April 22, 2015, the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev, resigned and on the same day was appointed Minister of Agriculture of Russia in order, according to the official version, to strengthen the department.

In connection with Tkachev's early termination of powers as governor of the Krasnodar Territory, the President of Russia on April 22, 2015 signed a decree on the acting head of the regional administration. It was Veniamin Kondratiev.

After his appointment, Veniamin Kondratyev dismissed assistants and advisers to the governor of the Krasnodar Territory, three vice-governors, the Minister of Culture of the Krasnodar Territory, and the head of the regional youth policy department.

On June 17, 2015, Kondratyev accepted the resignation of the mayor of the city of Goryachy Klyuch, Nikolai Shvartsman. The official decided to leave his post after the head of the region criticized the city authorities. Experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" said that Veniamin Kondratyev began his election campaign by removing the heads of municipalities.

On June 23, Veniamin Kondratyev submitted documents to the election commission on his nomination as a candidate for the post of head of administration (governor) of the region.

On September 13, 2015, Veniamin Kondratyev won the election for governor of Kuban, receiving 83.94% of the votes.

Flood in Sochi in June 2015

At the same time, the former head of the region, Alexander Tkachev, in a similar situation, during a larger flood in Krymsk in July 2012, said at a meeting with the victims: “Do you think it was possible to bypass everyone? And you would get up and leave the house?” .

However, after the flood in Sochi, Kondratiev lost two points in the “National Rating of Governors” for May-June 2015 (Kondratiev took 16th place in the ranking). The rating was presented by the Center for Information Communications "Rating" (CEC "Rating"). Kondratiev's rating, according to experts, was negatively affected by the flood in Sochi.

Governor of the Krasnodar Territory

2015

On September 22, having assumed the post of governor of Kuban, V. Kondratiev announced a change in the structure of the regional administration.

On the recommendation of V. Kondratyev, Ivan Fedorovsky was elected to the post of head of Goryachiy Klyuch on September 24, 2015; Andrei Vorushilin headed the Kurganinsky district on October 17.

On October 21, V. Kondratiev presented the new structure of the administration of the Krasnodar region. He announced the abolition of the post of first vice-governor and the appointment of five new candidates to the posts of vice-governors. ABOUT It was decided to reduce the total number of structural units in the administration from 53 to 39, and the total number of officials by 25%.

After a new flood in Sochi on November 12, when traffic was disrupted in the city center, one of the railway tracks was blocked by a mudflow on the Dagomys-Sochi section, and due to a landslide several streets and villages of Sochi were left without water, V. Kondratiev gave a month head of Sochi to eliminate the consequences of heavy rains.

On November 30, V. Kondratyev ordered the creation of self-defense units of volunteers and Cossacks in municipalities, which should protect public safety and counter extremism.

On December 16, V. Kondratyev announced that the Kuban football club and the Sochi hockey club would no longer receive budget funds because the region does not have the ability to provide funding from the budget.

In the historical center of Krasnodar, the construction of houses higher than 12 floors was stopped, in particular, the construction of a 29-story “Crystal Tower” at the intersection of Severnaya and Levanevskogo streets. This was preceded by Kondratiev’s statement that high-rise buildings do not fit into the architectural appearance of the city.

2016

On January 2, V. Kondratyev announced that a resolution had been adopted to transfer the media center in Sochi to federal ownership. This decision was approved by deputies of the Krasnodar Territory. The governor of Kuban also said that the region expects to continue to get rid of unprofitable assets.

On January 5, at a meeting on the development of domestic tourism, which was held in Sochi by Dmitry Medvedev, the governor of the Krasnodar Territory proposed using depleted coastal areas between Sochi and Gelendzhik for beach holidays.

After speeches by pensioners demanding the return of benefits for travel on public transport, V. Kondratyev signed a draft law on transport benefits on January 21, and on January 27 deputies made changes to the regional law.

On February 10, V. Kondratyev signed a law to reduce the number of deputies of the Kuban Legislative Assembly from 100 to 70 people.

On March 12, the governor of the expansion of the Rostov highway after a meeting with residents of houses protesting against the cutting down of trees.

On March 21, the governor of the Krasnodar Territory held a meeting on the problems of water supply in Sochi. As V. Kondratyev noted, the number of complaints from residents about the work of the water utility has “increased significantly” since its transfer to private hands.

On April 18, the governor signed a decree approving the boundaries of seven specially protected natural areas in Krasnodar ( Chistyakovskaya Grove, Botanical Garden named after Kosenko, Sunny Island, Botanical Garden of Kuban State University, Lake Karasun, Park named after. Gorky, Alley of Fir Trees).

On June 3, V. Kondratiev signed a decree according to which the number of officials and non-government employees working in the executive bodies of the region and in the regional administration should be reduced by 10%.

Criticism of the Governor's Administration

On October 20, 2015, employees of the bankrupt machine-tool plant named after Sedin in Krasnodar reproached the authorities for inaction, saying that wage arrears to workers had still not been paid, and there was no reaction from the authorities to their rally on October 17.

Before the rally, 16 V. Kondratyev wrote on Twitter that debts ( about 589 million rubles) wages must be repaid, but after the rally there was no reaction from the authorities.

A new flood in Sochi on November 12, 2015, just a few months after the flood in June, gave Sochi residents a reason to reproach the authorities for inaction. They expressed the general opinion that unscrupulously built roads, unequipped storm drains and construction sites within the city continue to provoke emergencies.

According to allegations old-timers, new buildings have completely ruined natural and man-made storm drains. Instead of flowing into rivers and the sea, water spreads along the streets, sidewalks and roads. However, even in During the rains, work on construction sites does not stop.

On January 15, 2016, about 200 pensioners of Krasnodar took part in a rally demanding the return of benefits for travel on public transport.

On January 16, about 350 pensioners of Krasnodar secured a meeting with the governor, who promised to return benefits for travel on public transport from February 1.

A protest action also took place on January 15 in Sochi. On January 23, Sochi activists were summoned for a conversation with a local police officer in connection with an investigation, at the direction of the leadership of the Sochi Internal Affairs Directorate, to clarify the circumstances of organizing an unauthorized rally of pensioners.

On January 30, 2016, Sochi pensioners criticized the authorities’ decision to limit the issuance of preferential travel passes. They stated that the return of preferential travel on public transport did not affect pensioners whose pensions exceed the need criterion of 15.4 thousand rubles - this level is too high, and transport costs will hit their family budgets hard.

On June 30, 2016, residents of the Sochi village of Thagapsh announced multimillion-dollar losses after a mudflow and meager compensation. According to them, they are forced to “install water pipes to their houses at their own expense.”

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Veniamin Kondratiev has an impressive track record. He managed to rise from a simple lawyer to the governor of the Krasnodar region. In between, the politician served as deputy manager of the affairs of the President of the Russian Federation - such high positions have not been awarded to Kuban officials since the times.

Childhood and youth

The early biography of Veniamin Ivanovich contains a dry set of numbers and information about education. Official sources do not have more interesting details of childhood and youth. The politician celebrates his birthday on September 1. He was born in 1970, in the town of Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo region.

As a schoolboy, he saw himself in the profession of an investigator, but he entered the philological faculty of Kuban State University. Apparently, his childhood dream did not leave him alone, because a little later Kondratiev became a part-time student at the Faculty of Law at his native university and by 1995 he already had two specialties.

In an effort to achieve independence from his parents, Veniamin began working while still studying. I managed to get A's in exams and solve legal issues in a commercial company. The energetic young man did not go unnoticed; in 1994, he received two lucrative offers - a place in the prosecutor's office or the administration of the Krasnodar region. He chose the second option, which promised his own living space. The first steps into politics were taken.

Policy

Veniamin Kondratyev was included in the staff of the legal department of the administration as a simple lawyer; he soon took up the position of first deputy head of this division, and six years later he took the reins into his own hands. At the same time, he was deputy chief of staff. In 2003, Veniamin Ivanovich was promoted to deputy head of the administration of the Krasnodar region, his powers included issues of land law - the man took the helm of the department of property relations.

The rapid rise up the career ladder started in the summer of 2014. Kondratyev was appointed deputy head of the Main Directorate of Federal Property of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. Within six months, a capable bureaucrat takes the post of head of the structure, and then accepts the position of deputy manager of the president’s affairs. The end of March 2015 was marked for Veniamin Ivanovich by his appointment as acting governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

In his new position, the politician thoroughly cleaned up the staff for unsatisfactory work: three vice-governors - for agriculture, natural resources and social issues - resigned. But the heart of the people was won by the active work of Veniamin Ivanovich during the flood in Sochi. At the next election for the head of the region, Kondratyev confidently won – almost 84% of his fellow countrymen voted for him.

The politician has a lot of achievements that were appreciated by the people. He fought hard against land squatting and illegal construction, gambling, and began privatizing property in the Krasnodar Territory. One of the most significant steps was that Kondratiev provided local government with the opportunity to manage municipal land, as well as participate in the formation of a federal law on the transfer of resort lands to municipal property.

Scandals

Kondratiev’s political career was not without scandalous situations. However, the official’s reputation was not tarnished - Veniamin Ivanovich had only an indirect relation to high-profile events concerning violations of rights. His name appeared in local blogs in 2012, when the public was outraged by the transfer of land in Gelendzhik, who decided to acquire a summer residence. They said that some documents had the signature of the future governor.

But the loudest fuss was caused by the criminal cases opened against Kondratiev’s subordinates. In 2011, Elena Serdyukova, the first deputy head of the property relations department, was accused of exceeding her official powers. The official entered into a land lease agreement for individual housing construction with the construction company of her father, Vice-Governor Murat Akhedzhak. In essence, Serdyukova gave the developer a tidbit of land without bidding. However, the criminal case was closed.

Two years later, another scandal erupted, this time the culprit was punished. Sergei Zhilin, deputy head of one of the departments of the property relations department, was imprisoned for bribery and fraud with lands. And Veniamin Kondratiev was brought in as a witness, which did not affect his career in any way. On the contrary, after the verdict is announced, the official leaves the post of deputy governor and goes to Moscow for a promotion.

Personal life

Kondratiev's personal life is open to the public. The governor rarely speaks about her, but always with warmth. His wife Elena works as an obstetrician-gynecologist at a regional hospital. The couple are raising two children - son Alexander and daughter Nadezhda.

The couple can rarely be seen together at social functions and city events. The people met the first lady of the Krasnodar Territory four months after the new governor took office - at the KVN games, which took place in Sochi.

And he accepted it with cordiality: a photo from the games, published on Facebook, received several hundred “likes” and dozens of comments on the topic of the woman’s elegant outfit. Now everyone has the opportunity to observe the life of the family from Elena’s open page in Odnoklassniki.

The woman does not skimp on selfies and photos illustrating moments of married life: in their free time, husband and wife and their children go on vacation outside the city, travel, and walk in city parks. There are shots from family holidays, school and kindergarten matinees, meetings with friends.

Veniamin Ivanovich is very religious; in his speeches he addresses issues of faith and morality. By the way, unlike many officials who simply pay tribute to the fashion for Orthodoxy, the politician seems sincere.

Despite his marital status and religious views, Veniamin Kondratyev was recently suspected of being gay. In the summer of 2017, Krasnodar was supposed to be the finishing point for the “Stop the Rooster” motorcycle rally against the propaganda of homosexuality. However, the governor did not allow bikers to appear in the city. The organizers of the motorcycle rally notified the participants with a message on the Internet:

“The cancellation is due to the fact that, according to sources in the regional administration who sympathize with the idea of ​​the run, the head of Kuban, Veniamin Kondratyev, is gay.”

Officially, Ivan Demchenko, a State Duma deputy from the Krasnodar Territory, stood up for Kondratyev: in an interview with NSN, he said that anyone could just as easily be accused, it is necessary to sue for libel.

Veniamin Kondratiev now

Veniamin Ivanovich continues to perform the duties of governor; the public learns about each step from his personal pages in

Veniamin Ivanovich Kondratyev is the governor of the Krasnodar region, has two higher educations: philological and legal.

The early years of Veniamin Kondratiev. Education

Veniamin Ivanovich Kondratyev was born on September 1, 1970 in the city of Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo region. As a child, Kondratiev dreamed of becoming an investigator, but after graduating from a secondary school he entered Kuban State University, from which he graduated in 1993, receiving a specialization as a philologist, teacher of the Russian language. At the same time, he received a second higher education through correspondence studies - in 1995, he mastered the profession of lawyer.

Political career of Veniamin Kondratiev

After the 2nd year of law school, Veniamin Ivanovich got a job in a commercial structure, because, according to him, the young man was ashamed to sit on his parents’ necks. Personnel officers tracked down an extraordinary student who managed to study with “excellence” in two specialties at the same time, and made him two lucrative offers: he was invited to work at the prosecutor’s office of the Krasnodar region (hereinafter - KK) and the regional administration.

Kondratyev chose to work in the administration because this position provided the opportunity to get an apartment, which was important for a young student. Since 1994, Veniamin Ivanovich worked in the legal department of the administration of the CC, and since 1995 - in the legal department of the administration of the CC.

From 2001 to 2003, Kondratyev served as deputy chief of staff and head of the legal department of the regional administration. In August 2003, he took the position of deputy head of the KK administration for legal, property and land relations.

A rapid career rise began in July 2014 - Kondratyev began working in the Main Directorate of Federal Property of Russia of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, and in January 2015 he headed it.

March 12, 2015 was marked for Veniamin’s appointment to the post of Deputy Administrative Officer of the President of the Russian Federation. And 10 days later, on March 22, he was appointed by President Vladimir Putin as Acting Governor of KK.

Temporarily in position. O. Governor Kondratyev carried out a personnel purge, dismissing three vice-governors: Sergei Garkusha (agricultural issues), Galina Zolina (media and social issues), Vadim Lukoyanov (natural resources, ecology, fuel and energy complex, transport). Kondratiev explained these resignations by citing the unsatisfactory performance of officials. He offered everyone else from the team of former governor Alexander Tkachev, except Natalya Makhanko (vice-mayor of Krasnodar), Nikolai Shvartsman (mayor of Goryachiy Klyuch), to continue working in the regional administration.

During the flood period in Sochi (late June 2015), local residents filmed a conversation between Kondratyev and the chief of Sochi police. This video quickly spread in the media as an example of active work and... O. governor.

On September 15, 2015, Veniamin Kondratiev won the election for governor of KK, gaining almost 84% of the votes.

Veniamin Kondratyev has shown and established himself as a successful figure, especially in establishing order in the field of land relations. The governor successfully fought against land squatting, illegal construction, privatization of regional property, and controlled the operation of the gambling business.

Meeting of Governor Veniamin Kondratyev with KK farmers

Scandals and rumors with the name of Veniamin Kondratyev

The allocation of land in the region was one of the trump cards of Kondratiev’s team in relations with the federal elite. Since municipal land was directly controlled by local government, Kondratiev remained in the shadows for a long time and did not take part in the showdowns of elite groups. However, the scandal also affected his person.

In 2012, Kondratiev’s name surfaced in the transfer of land for a summer residence in the Gelendzhik region to Patriarch Kirill. Allegedly, Veniamin’s signature was on one of the documents on the transfer of land. Criminal cases were opened against the subordinates of Kondratyev, who at that time served as deputy head of the administration, for abuse of office.

Kondratyev was involved in the case as a witness. After the verdict was announced, he left for the capital “for a promotion” from the Administration of the President of Russia. Opponents believe that the promotion was preceded by the administrative conflict described above and that Kondratiev not only went for a promotion, but protected himself in the event of a law enforcement “clash” on employees of the KK administration, which was expected after the Olympics in Sochi, and after a while it really intensified.

Personal life of Veniamin Kondratiev

Governor Kondratyev is married and has two children. The main principle of life for Kondratiev is to do his work efficiently. He actively uses new technologies in his gubernatorial work: the politician has personal accounts on the social networks VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter and Odnoklassniki. They are regularly “monitored” by the press service of the head of administration for new questions from citizens. There you can ask your question or share a problem.

Married, two children - a son and a daughter.

Education

Veniamin Kondratiev graduated from Kuban State University with a degree in Philologist, Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (1993) and Lawyer (1995). Since 2006, he has an academic degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences: he defended his dissertation on the topic “Implementation and protection of state property rights of subjects of the Russian Federation.”

Career

While still studying at the university, in 1991, he began working as a legal adviser at the Krasnodar joint-stock company Plutos. Then he held the position of head of the legal sector there.

In 1994, Kondratyev was invited to work in two departments: the prosecutor's office of the Krasnodar region and the regional administration. However, he agreed to the administration’s offer, where he took the position of senior legal adviser, leading specialist in the legal department of the administration of Kuban.

In 1995, he was appointed deputy head of the legal department, then first deputy head of the department, and then head of the department for systematization and legal examination of regulatory legal acts of the regional administration.

In 2001, Leonid Baklitsky, who at that time held the post of vice-governor for property issues, appointed Veniamin Kondratiev as the head of the legal department of the administration of the Krasnodar region, and later as his deputy.

In 2003, after Baklitsky left, the current governor of the region, Alexander Tkachev, approached Kondratyev with an offer to become his deputy on issues of property, land and legal relations. Veniamin Kondratyev combined the position of vice-governor with the head of the department of property relations of the region.

At the end of July 2014, I received an offer from the newly appointed manager of the Presidential Administration, Alexander Kolpakov, who was forming a new working team. First, Kondratyev served as deputy head of the Main Directorate of Federal Property of the Presidential Administration, then head of the Main Directorate of Federal Property. And on March 12, 2015, by decree of the head of state, he was appointed deputy manager of the affairs of the President of the Russian Federation.

On April 22, 2015, after the transfer of the current head of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev, to the post of Minister of Agriculture of Russia, by decree of President Vladimir Putin, the governor of the Krasnodar Territory was appointed.

After his appointment to the post of acting governor, Veniamin Kondratyev. During the week, he: issues of industry, fuel and energy complex, tariffs, forestry, housing and communal services and transport, instead of Vadim Lukoyanov, Sergei Altukhov began to supervise, Anna Minkova became responsible for social policy and the media instead of Galina Zolina, and took up issues of the agro-industrial complex instead of Sergei Garkusha.

Soon the leaders in the regional and departments also changed.

Having visited the city hospital No. 1, an emergency hospital and criticized their condition, Kondratyev recommended Natalya Makhanko from Krasnodar. She was appointed deputy head of the city.

Veniamin Kondratyev also ordered the creation of the administration of the Krasnodar region. He was appointed head of the new division.

After the flood in Sochi at the end of June 2015, on the initiative of Veniamin Kondratyev, at an extraordinary session of the Legislative Committee on state support measures to provide housing for citizens who lost their living quarters as a result of the emergency.

Personal life

As Veniamin Kondratiev noted in an interview, he and his family lead a quiet and closed lifestyle.

“Our family’s lifestyle is very closed. For example, we like to quietly ride our bicycles into the steppe. I really love the steppe, its space, breadth and sense of freedom - much more than the sea and forest. Only in the steppe can you truly see the sun setting: it is not obscured by houses or trees, and you feel the power of the universe.”

Religious views are defined as Orthodox.

Veniamin Kondratyev has official accounts on social networks

In 1993 he graduated from Kuban State University (KubSU; Krasnodar) with a degree in philologist, teacher of the Russian language. In 1995, he received a second higher education at KubSU, majoring in law.

Candidate of Legal Sciences. In 2006, he defended his dissertation at the Kuban State Agrarian University on the topic “Implementation and protection of state property rights of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.”

In 1991-1994. worked as a legal consultant, headed the legal sector of the joint-stock company "Plutos" (Krasnodar).
In 1994-1995 was a senior legal adviser and leading specialist in the legal department of the administration of the Krasnodar region.
From 1995 to 2001 he was deputy, then first deputy head of the legal department of the administration of the Krasnodar region. At the end of the 1990s. headed the department of systematization and legal examination of regulatory legal acts of the administration.
In 2001-2003 - Deputy Chief of Staff, Head of the Legal Department of the Administration of the Krasnodar Territory.
From August 2003 to July 2014, he held the position of Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev, overseeing issues of property, land and legal relations. Since 2007, as deputy head of the region, he headed the department of property relations of the Krasnodar Territory. At the same time, he headed the regional branch of the Russian Lawyers Association.
In 2014 he moved to Moscow.
In July 2014, he was appointed deputy head of the Main Directorate of Federal Property of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. From July 30 of the same year - and. O. chief, since January 23, 2015 - head of this department.
From March 12 to April 22, 2015 - Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kozhin.
On April 22, 2015, by decree of the head of state, he was appointed acting head of administration (governor) of the Krasnodar Territory. Replaced Alexander Tkachev, who was appointed Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, at the head of the region.
On September 13, 2015, he won the elections for governor of the Krasnodar Territory, gaining 83.64% of the votes. His closest rival Nikolai Osadchy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation received 7.88% of the votes. On September 22 of the same year, Veniamin Kondratiev took office.

In the rating of the effectiveness of heads of Russian regions, compiled by the Civil Society Development Foundation and published in June 2016, he was in the first group of heads of constituent entities of the Russian Federation (“very high rating”). He took 10th place with 88 points.
The total amount of declared annual income for 2015 was 2 million 798 thousand rubles, spouses - 309 thousand 556 rubles.
The total amount of declared annual income for 2016 was 2 million 39 thousand rubles, for the wife - 389 thousand rubles.
The total amount of declared annual income for 2017 was 2 million 98 thousand rubles, for the wife - 441 thousand 339 rubles.

Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky (2017).

Married, has two children. His wife is Galina Kondratyeva, an obstetrician-gynecologist by profession. Son Alexander and daughter Anastasia.