Dmitry Mezentsev
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Dmitry Mezentsev | |
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Дмитрий Мезенцев | |
 Mezentsev in 2022 | |
| Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional Court | |
| Assumed office 17 April 2025 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Konovalov |
| General Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus | |
| In office 19 March 2021 – 17 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Grigory Rapota |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Glazyev |
| Ambassador of Russia to Belarus | |
| In office 30 April 2019 – 19 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Babich |
| Succeeded by | Yevgeny Lukyanov |
| Russian Federation Senator from Sakhalin Oblast | |
| In office 31 December 2015 – 30 April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Zhanna Ivanova |
| Succeeded by | Grigory Karasin |
| Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | |
| In office 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Muratbek Imanaliyev |
| Succeeded by | Rashid Alimov |
| 5th Governor of Irkutsk Oblast | |
| In office 8 June 2009 – 18 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Igor Yesipovsky |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Yeroshchenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1959 |
| Party | United 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]
Mezentsev was born on 18 August 1959 in Leningrad, then part of the Russian SFSR.[4]
2012 presidential campaign
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]
