13 Facts About Vladimir Sipyagin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Sipyagin is a Russian statesman and politician.

Vladimir Sipyagin was the fourth Governor of Vladimir Oblast from 2018 to 2021, and his election was one of the few upsets of the 2018 Russian gubernatorial elections amidst anti-establishment sentiment in the country.

Vladimir Sipyagin was the chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Nature Management and Ecology in the Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast from 23 September 2013 to 8 October 2018.

Vladimir Sipyagin was born in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on 19 February 1970.

On 14 October 2012, Vladimir Sipyagin ran for the Councils of People's Deputies of the city of Alexandrov and the Alexandrovsky district from the LDPR party in single-mandate constituencies No 5 and No 2, respectively.

Vladimir Sipyagin has been re-elected as member of the Legislative Assembly of the Vladimir Oblast from the Liberal Democratic Party on a single day of voting on 9 September 2018.

Vladimir Sipyagin was elected, but after the election he refused the mandate.

Vladimir Sipyagin was the chairman of the Board of the Association of Subsoil Users of the Vladimir Region,.

Since none of the candidates received the majority of votes, allowing them to be elected governor, a second round was appointed for 23 September 2018, in which Vladimir Sipyagin had to compete with the current governor and candidate from United Russia, Orlova, who scored 36 in the first round.

On 8 October 2018 Vladimir Sipyagin was officially inaugurated as governor.

Vladimir Sipyagin was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Vladimir Sipyagin has four children: two daughters and two sons.

Vladimir Sipyagin is president of the branch of the Speed Skating Federation in Vladimir Oblast.