Alexei Smirnov (politician)

Alexei Smirnov (Алексей Борисович Смирнов; born 27 May 1973) is a Russian statesman and politician. He is the acting governor of Kursk Oblast since 12 May 2024.

Biography
In 1995, Alexei Smirnov graduated from the Kursk State Agrarian University. In 2001, he also obtained a degree from the Oryol Regional Academy of Public Administration. From 1998 to 2004, Smirnov held various positions in the Housing and Utilities Committee of the Kursk Oblast. Initially, he worked as a consultant in the department of development of household and communal services and licensing. Later, he was appointed head of the economic department, deputy chairman of the committee, and first deputy chairman of the committee.

From 2010 to 2011, Smirnov worked at the non-profit partnership "Association of Construction Organizations of Small and Medium-sized Businesses" as director of the Kursk branch and advisor to the president. He left the position to become the deputy head of the urban settlement Sergiyev Posad administration. From 2011 to 2012, he was also an advisor to the Minister of Housing and Communal Services of the Moscow Region, and head of the department for standardization and reconstruction of objects of housing and communal purpose.

From 2012 to 2015, he served as deputy minister of the Moscow Oblast's construction complex. On 4 July 2016, he was appointed first deputy general director of the Fund for the Capital Repair of Multi-Apartment Buildings in Moscow.

On 3 November 2018, Alexei Smirnov was appointed deputy governor of the Kursk Oblast. In March 2021, Alexei Smirnov was appointed first deputy governor of the Kursk Oblast.

Alexei Smirnov was appointed deputy governor of the Kursk Oblast on 3 November 2018 and first deputy governor in March 2021.

From 2022 to 2024, Smirnov also held the position of chairman of the government of the Kursk Oblast.

On 12 May 2024, by decree of Vladimir Putin, he was appointed acting governor of the Kursk Oblast. His predecessor, Roman Starovoyt, took the position of the Minister of Transport.