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Dmitry Mezentsev

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Dmitry Mezentsev
Дмитрий Мезенцев
Mezentsev in 2022
Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 April 2025
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded by Aleksandr Konovalov
General Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus
In office
19 March 2021 – 17 April 2025
Preceded byGrigory Rapota
Succeeded bySergey Glazyev
Ambassador of Russia to Belarus
In office
30 April 2019 – 19 March 2021
Preceded byMikhail Babich
Succeeded byYevgeny Lukyanov [ru]
Russian Federation Senator
from Sakhalin Oblast
In office
31 December 2015 – 30 April 2019
Preceded byZhanna Ivanova
Succeeded byGrigory Karasin
Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
In office
1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015
Preceded byMuratbek Imanaliyev
Succeeded byRashid Alimov
5th Governor of Irkutsk Oblast
In office
8 June 2009 – 18 May 2012
Preceded byIgor Yesipovsky
Succeeded bySergey Yeroshchenko
Personal details
Born (1959-08-18) 18 August 1959 (age 65)
Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia

Dmitry Fyodorovich Mezentsev (Russian: Дми́трий Фёдорович Ме́зенцев; born 18 August 1959) is a Russian politician and diplomat serving as the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional Court of Russia since April 2025. Previously he served as the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus (2021–2025), Russia's Ambassador to Belarus (2019–2021), Senator from Sakhalin Oblast (2015–2019), Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (2013–2015) and Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (2009–2012).[1][2]

In 2012 Mezentsev ran for President of Russia, but was rejected by the Central Election Commission.[3]

Early life

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Mezentsev was born on 18 August 1959 in Leningrad, then part of the Russian SFSR.[4]

2012 presidential campaign

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Main article: 2012 Russian presidential election

Mezentsev tried to run for President of Russia in 2012. On 14 December 2011, the trade Union Committee of the East Siberian railway nominated Dmitry Mezentsev as a presidential candidate. His candidacy was supported by the then President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin.[5] However, the CEC rejected Mezentsev's candidacy, as after checking the signatures collected in his support, too many signatures were not recognized as valid.[6]

On 19 March 2021, Mezentsev was relieved of his post as ambassador to Belarus by presidential decree.[7] On the same day President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko appointed Mezentsev State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, replacing Grigory Rapota.[8]

International sanctions

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In February 2024 he was sanctioned by the United States for helping organize the transportation of children from Ukraine to Belarus during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and for visiting camps where deported children from Ukraine resided.[9] He was then sanctioned by the European Union in June 2024 for the same reason of the deportation of Ukrainian children to Belarus, in addition they stated that he was infringing the territorial integrity of Ukraine with these actions.[10] Prior to both of these sanctions in November 2023 he was sanctioned by Ukraine.[11]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Путин назначил Дмитрия Мезенцева новым послом России в Белоруссии - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. ^ Pravda, Alex (2005). Leading Russia--Putin in perspective: essays in honour of Archie Brown. Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-19-927614-1.
  3. ^ "ЦИК официально отказал Г.Явлинскому и Д.Мезенцеву". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. ^ Российская Федерация сегодня (in Russian). Федеральное собрание--Парламент Российской Федерации. 2015. p. 49. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ^ "По шпалам выборов". ВЗГЛЯД.РУ (in Russian). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ "ЦИК: Мезенцев не будет участвовать в президентских выборах". vesti.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Путин освободил Дмитрия Мезенцева от должности посла в Белоруссии" [Putin has dismissed Dmitry Mezentsev from the post of Ambassador to Belarus]. TASS. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Лукашенко назначил Мезенцева госсекретарем Союзного государства" [Lukashenko appoints Mezentsev as Secretary of State of the Union State]. Kommersant. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Responding to Two Years of Russia's Full-Scale War On Ukraine and Navalny's Death - United States Department of State". web.archive.org. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Decision - CFSP - 2024/1738 - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Мезенцев Дмитрий Федорович - биография, досье, активы | Война и санкции". web.archive.org. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21.07.2007 г. № 943". Президент России (in Russian).
  13. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 18.07.2005 г. № 819". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  14. ^ Российская Федерация сегодня (in Russian). Федеральное собрание--Парламент Российской Федерации. 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2025. Байкало - Амурской ма- гистрали " , " В память 1000 - летия Казани " , юбилейной медалью " За доблестный труд .
  15. ^ "Что известно о новом госсекретаре Союзного государства Дмитрии Мезенцеве - Биографии и справки - ТАСС". web.archive.org. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
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