Biography of Maria Kovtun

President of non -profit partnership of promoting salmon species of fish Russian salmon. The ex-governor of the Murmansk region was born on March 10 in Murmansk. Father worked in the trawl fleet, later received the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. He did not accomplish any special, “individual” feats, but treated his work as responsibly as possible. He became a master with a capital letter.

Of course, he is an example for me, ”said Marina Kovtun. In childhood, Marina dreamed of becoming a doctor. Hardwork and determination helped her in her youth show leadership qualities. In the year she graduated from the Penza College of Soviet Trade. Since December, she led the Department of Youth Affairs of the Kola District Executive Committee. At the end of the year, a reorganization of executive bodies was carried out - from January 1, the Executive Committee was abolished, and the district Council of People's Deputies was transformed into the Council of Deputies.

In the year she headed the taxation sector of individuals and foreign persons of the tax inspectorate in the Kola district. In the year she began working in the administration of the Murmansk region by a specialist in the social protection department of the population. Later, I went to work in the management of the administration of the Murmansk region. From for the year - Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Administration of the Murmansk Region.

In the year she graduated from the North-West Academy of Public Service with a degree in state and municipal administration. In February, she left for Moscow, as she was hired by the Federal Tourism Agency, created in November and headed by Vladimir Strelkovsky. Kovtun was appointed Deputy Head of the Department for the Development of Internal Tourism and State Projects.

From the year, she headed the Department of Development of Tourism of the Department of Economic Development of the Murmansk Region. In December, he was elected as a deputy of the Murmansk Regional Duma of the fifth convocation in the Unified Electoral District according to the United Russia party, the first deputy chairman of the Murmansk Regional Duma. He headed the United Russia faction.

By Decree of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev dated April 4, he was appointed temporarily acting governor of the Murmansk region. On the same day, the president was proposed for consideration by the Murmansk Regional Duma to endow it with the powers of the governor. On the same day, her inauguration took place. In the year, according to the study of the National Monitoring Service, it entered the top three of the most information -open governors.

From this day, she was the acting governor of the Murmansk region. In June, the Murmansk branch of United Russia nominated Kovtun as a candidate for governors in the election on a single voting day. On October 8, the inauguration took place, and Marina Kovtun took office as the governor of the Murmansk region for a second term. In September, Marina Kovtun introduced a bill to the regional Duma, according to which the feeding of homeless animals will be punishable by a fine.

Social activists actively opposed such an amendment, who sent a petition to President Vladimir Putin and to the State Duma of Russia. But the document also included proposals such as the provision of free urgent assistance to animals, as well as mandatory monitoring of the number of hopeless dogs. The initiative Kovtun received the approval of the profile Duma committee.

In October, Kovtun said that power structures have pressure on it, which is expressed in “massive requests, inspections and other intimidation shares”. She accused the security forces of engagement and the custom nature of actions. It was not dared to frankly conflict with law enforcement agencies before. In December, the head of the Murmansk region criticized the published version of the bill on the Arctic.

But the current version of the bill does not give us a special reason for optimism and today poses more questions than gives answers. The bill completely changes its previous content. And it is essentially reduced only to the formulation of the Regulation on the procedure for the formation and functioning of the supporting zones, ”Kovtun said.

In August, Marina Kovtun harshly criticized the work of the mayor of Murmansk Dmitry Filippov and called on the official “more attentively and more responsible” to be treated by citizens. The head of the region also promised that the capital of the region would receive millions of rubles from the regional budget for the preparation of land for large families, announced the resettlement of citizens from emergency housing and improving the urban environment.

In August, Marina Kovtun donated 10 thousand rubles to restore the Assumption Church in Karelia, destroyed by a fire. I believe that the whole world we will be able to return from non -existence a beautiful temple and a monument to Zaonezhskaya wooden architecture, ”Kovtun wrote on her Instagram. The decision was not easy, but sure that it would be better, ”Kovtun said. In October, she took the position of president of a non -profit partnership of promoting the conservation of salmon species of fish "Russian salmon".

Personal life is married, has a son and daughter.The maiden name of Kozlov. She met her husband Vasily Ivanovich in her student years. She got married in the year, married in a year. The spouse is an entrepreneur, the former director and co -founder of the Turman Coast travel company. My daughter Marina graduated from graduate school at a Moscow university.

Son 24 years old. In his free time, Marina Kovtun is fond of fishing, skiing, shooting a small caliber and a pistol from a rifle. Of all sports, hockey loves most of all. Politro-prognosis, over the past years, have been stubborn rumors about the possible resignation of Kovtun of their own free will, now the question is in another: will the ex-governor of the Murmansk region be able to avoid criminal prosecution?

In February, the former deputy head of the Office for the Activities of the Government of the region, Georgy Blagodelsky, testified in the case of the Black Cash desk of the regional government. The mechanism was established through fictitious purchases. The funds developed at the Black Cashier and were spent on the needs of the governor, not planned in the budget. For example, from a year for Kovtun, expensive gadgets were bought for Kovtun, including an iPhone of the last model.

A source of FederalPress in the Presidential Administration denied information about the possible imminent arrest of Kovtun. There was a task to leave the post as soon as possible, ”said the interlocutor of the expert channel. Pavel Salin, director of the Center for Political Sciences of the Financial University, believes that after the resignation of Kovtun it may well become a convenient target for persecution: “They are digging at her through her deputies for a very, very long time, and now the go -ahead for criminal prosecution of regional officials, and Ms.

Kovtun is a fairly convenient target.”