Anton Vaino
The party will discuss candidates for the gubernatorial posts with the head of presidential administration Anton Vaino, and his first Deputy Sergei Kiriyenko. The corresponding decree published on the official portal of legal information on Wednesday, July 19, was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Consultations with political parties on candidates for the position of senior officials (…) subject of the Russian Federation are conducted by the head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation or the first Deputy head of the administration”, — the document says.
It is noted that it is in force from the date of signing is July 18. With same day repealed the presidential decree of 25 July 2013. In it the duty to advise parties on the candidates for the highest leadership positions in the regions are also assigned to the chief of the presidential administration and his first Deputy, but then these posts was occupied by Sergey Ivanov and Vyacheslav Volodin, respectively.
In late may the acting head of Buryatia Alexey Tsydenov said that was interviewed in the AP prior to appointment in the region. According to him, the test included a three-hour rapid survey and computer test. It, in particular, enabled the tasks for the Analytics and situational behavior.
December 23, during a press conference, Vladimir Putin spoke about the principles of selection of heads of regions. He noted that candidates select on the basis of personal and business qualities, “which give reason to believe that these people will effectively cope with the assigned duties.”
September 10, elections of heads of regions will be held in 16 regions.