Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the decree appointing the head of government of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Vitaliy Khotsenko, as acting governor of the Omsk region. document published On the Kremlin website.
“To appoint Hotsenko Vitaly Pavlovich as acting governor of the Omsk region until the elected governor of the Omsk region takes office,” says the text.
Hotsenko replaces Alexander Burkov, who has led the region since 2017. The Kremlin announced that Burkov decided to leave at his own request.
Vitaly Khotsenko is a graduate of the fourth stream of the “Governors School”, a finalist of the “Leaders of Russia” competition in 2018-2019.
In June 2022, as part of the staff reinforcement of the Donbass and Novorossia officials, Hotsenko accepted the offer to head the DPR government. Prior to that, he held senior positions in the executive offices of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Stavropol Territory, and also has experience in the civil service at the federal level.
Previously, the post of the head of Chukotka appointed Another graduate of the “school of governors” Vladislav Kuznetsov.