2021 Tula Oblast gubernatorial election
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17–19 September 2021
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The 2021 Tula Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 17–19 September 2021, on common election day, coinciding with election to the State Duma. Incumbent governor Aleksey Dyumin was re-elected for his second term.[1]
Aleksey Dyumin in February 2016 replaced Vladimir Gruzdev as Governor of Tula Oblast, before the appointment Dyumin served as Deputy Minister of Defense (2015–2016) and Vladimir Putin's adjutant. Dyumin ran as an Independent with the support from United Russia and LDPR and won 2016 election with 84.17% of the vote.[2] Dyumin became the first of "Putin's adjutants" - a group of Russian governors appointed in 2016-2018 who previously served in Federal Protective Service for President Putin, besides Dyumin, this group consists of Yaroslavl Oblast Governor Dmitry Mironov, former acting Kaliningrad Oblast Governor Yevgeny Zinichev (2016) and former acting Astrakhan Oblast Governor Sergey Morozov (2018–2019).[3]
For much of Dyumin's term speculations floated that Dyumin would return to Moscow to head a federal armed service.[4] Governor Aleksey Dyumin is also considered a possible Vladimir Putin's successor as President of Russia.[5] However, Dyumin decided to run for the second term as governor.[6]