Katanandov Sergey Leonidovich Brief biographical information

Date of birth

21st of April, 1955.

Place of birth

Petrozavodsk.

Citizenship

Russia.

Education

• School, finished school No. 30 in 1972 in Petrozavodsk.
• Higher school.
  Graduated from the civil engineering faculty of Petrozavodsk State University in 1977.
  Graduated by correspondence from the North-West Academy of state and municipal service majoring in management and law in 1993.

The main place of work

The Head of the Government of the Republic of Karelia.

Previous activity

• A deputy of the Legislative Assembly (LA) of Karelia, the chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the House of Representatives of the LA of Karelia.
• The head of the local self-government of Petrozavodsk in 1990-1998.
• The head of the association of local government of the towns and regions of the republic. Government of the Russian towns Union. Vice-president of the Russian North-West towns Union.
• A member of the Russian delegation on the local power in the Soviet of Europe.
• A member of the Soviet on the local power attached to the President of the RF.
• The Chairman of the Committee of the Presidential Soviet on creating a social security system.
• A member of the Soviet attached to the Government of the RF on conducting reforms on the local power.

The main biographical stages

Sergey Katanandov worked in building brigades during his student years, was a secretary of the Comsomol bureau of the faculty. He began working in 1977 as a foreman of a building-montage management of the trust Petrozavodskstroy. Since 1978 had worked as a construction superintendent and a head construction superintendent of the BMM. Since 1982 he has been a chief engineer of the BMM. Since 1985 - a chief engineer of the trust Petrozavodskstroy. Since 1989 he has been a chief of a project-building unification of large panel houseconstruction.

He was elected as a deputy of the Petrozavodsk Town Soviet in 1988. In June of 1990 he was elected as the Head of the Executive Committee of the Petrozavodsk People's Deputies Soviet. In April of 1994 he was elected as the Head of the local government of Petrozavodsk. He was elected as the Head of the Government of the Republic of Karelia in May, 1998.

Background, family status

• Nationality
  Russian.
• Family status
  Married.
• Spouse
  Natalya Leonidovna, works as a speech therapist in a polyclinic.
• Children
  Alexander, graduated from the civil-engineering faculty of the Petrozavodsk University, works as a programmer.
  Denis, a student of the law faculty of the Petrozavodsk State University.

Titles and Awards

• The Honored People's Economy Worker of Karelia.
• The laureate of the contest "Russian Major - 95".
• Candidate of science in philosopy (Ph.D.)
• Is awarded with the order of Honor (April 2000)