19 Facts About Valery Limarenko

Valery Igorevich Limarenko is a Russian politician currently serving as Governor of Sakhalin Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, since 2018.

Valery Limarenko's grandfather worked at an aircraft repair plant and his father was a military pilot.

Valery Limarenko was going to become a pilot, but did not pass for medical reasons.

In 1983, Limarenko took up the post of a design engineer at the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics in Arzamas-16.

Valery Limarenko served as the president of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and head of the department of Life Cycle Management Systems for Complex Engineering Objects at the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University.

Valery Limarenko served as the head of the department of New Financial Technologies at the Sarov State Physics Technical Institute.

Valery Limarenko served as the vice president of the International Association of Housing and Mortgage Funds.

Valery Limarenko headed numerous subsidiaries of Rosatom before heading the Engineering Division of Rosatom from July 2016.

Valery Limarenko was responsible for the development of the Unit No 3 of Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in Lianyungang, China.

Valery Limarenko later served as deputy and then secretary of the Komsomol committee of VNIIEF.

Valery Limarenko served as the Deputy in the Sarov Town Duma and later Deputy Chairman for Economics and Finance.

Valery Limarenko was appointed as the Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of Nizhny Novgorod in 2001.

On 7 December 2018, by the Decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Valery Limarenko was appointed Acting Governor of the Sakhalin Oblast due to the transfer of previous governor Oleg Kozhemyako to the position of Acting Governor of Primorsky Krai.

On 10 December 2018 Valery Limarenko announced his intention to stand as a candidate in the gubernatorial elections as a self-nominated candidate.

Valery Limarenko regularly held meetings with residents of the region, where the most pressing problems are discussed.

On 14 January 2021, in his Telegram account, Valery Limarenko announced his intention to issue special badges to citizens vaccinated against COVID-19 in the region, allowing them not to wear masks.

Media reports stated that Valery Limarenko's lobbying has helped speed up the region's gasification with Gazprom.

In 2021, Valery Limarenko initiated a program to provide the region's residents with freshly-caught fish that would come directly from fishing companies.

Valery Limarenko is married to Marina Anatolyevna, who graduated from the Tula State University with a degree in Robotics and worked as a designer.