The Far Eastern regions of the Russian Federation are traditionally problem areas that constantly need subsidies and support from the Center. To solve problems in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the governor of which for a long time was Konstantin Ilkovsky, for a change they entrusted a strong woman. Natalya Nikolaevna Zhdanova has been stepping into her native region for two years now, trying to the best of her ability to clear up a heap of social and economic problems that she inherited from the previous leadership.
Teacher
Natalia Zhdanova was born in Chita in 1964. Her biography is quite atypical for a politician, in her youth she did not dream of state power and, like most of her peers, chose the Chita Pedagogical Institute to continue her education after school. Here she faithfully worked on foreign languages and left the walls of a reputable educational institution in 1986 with a degree in Chinese and English.
The first job for the young specialist was secondary school No. 4, which unexpectedly will become a springboard for the political career of the future governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory.
Here Natalia Zhdanova worked for many years, from 1986 to 2001. Only in 1993 did she briefly leave her native school when she was offered a job as a translator in a private company.
Already in 1995, Natalya Nikolaevna took the post of director of her native school, which by that time had acquired the status of a multidisciplinary language gymnasium.
The beginning of a political career
In 2001, Zhdanova headed the education committee in the administration of the city of Chita, from which she began her political career. In those days, she did not even suspect that in fifteen years she would become governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory. Nevertheless, Natalya Nikolaevna began conscientiously fulfilling the duties of the person responsible for education in her native city, for the time being without thinking about important government posts.
In 2008, she made a sharp jump up the career ladder, becoming the deputy head of government of the Trans-Baikal Territory for the social bloc. In this position, the honored teacher worked peacefully for five years, having received in 2013 the post of Minister for Social Affairs, Education and Youth Policy.
Having entered the taste of power, the future governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory Natalia Zhdanova is elected to the regional parliament, where, to the surprise of many, she becomes a speaker. She served as chairman of the Legislative Assembly until 2016.
The first after Baikal
A huge public debt, an acute problem of emergency housing - all these problems became the reason for the voluntary resignation of the Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory Konstantin Ilkovsky in 2016. They decided to look for a replacement here, having made a choice in favor of local workers.
Ilkovsky himself did not begin to breed intrigue, announcing that Natalya Zhdanova would most likely become his successor. In February 2016, she was appointed interim head of the region.
In September of the same year, the former teacher put forward her candidacy for the post of governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory, applying for the United Russia party.
Possessing significant authority in her homeland, Natalya Nikolaevna won the elections without any particular problems and headed the long-suffering region. Among the first orders of the governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory were demands to solve the problem of emergency housing, to tighten control over assistance to socially vulnerable groups of the population.
Personal life
Natalya Nikolaevna met her future husband back in the eighties. The spouse of the governor - Sergey Anatolyevich Zhdanov, major general, holds an important and responsible post in the system of protection of state borders of the Russian Federation.