Pavlo Burlakov
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June 19, 1963
Party of Regions (2005-2014)
Liberal Party of Ukraine (1995-2005)
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| Born | Pavlo Mykolaiyovych Burlakov June 19, 1963 |
| Party | United Russia (2014-present) Party of Regions (2005-2014) Liberal Party of Ukraine (1995-2005) |
| Alma mater | Donetsk National Technical University |
| Occupation | Politician, miner |
Pavlo Mykolaiyovych Burlakov (Ukrainian: Павло Миколайович Бурлаков; Russian: Павел Николаевич Бурлаков; born June 19, 1963) is a Russian[1] politician and miner who has been serving as Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Sevastopol branch of United Russia in the Russian-occupied Republic of Crimea since 2019, a territory internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.
From 2010 to 2014, he served as the First Vice Prime Minister of Crimea and ex officio served as Prime Minister of Crimea upon the abrupt death of Vasyl Dzharty.[2]
Burlakov was born on 19 July 1963 in the city of Donetsk, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union at the time of his birth.[3][4] His father, Mykola Semenovych, was a worker in the coal industry, and his mother, Natalia Mykolaivna, was a nurse.[4] In 1985, he graduated from the Donetsk National Technical University with a specialization in mining machines and complexes.[4] Afterwards, he started working as a mining foreman and shift supervisor of the Krasnogvardeyskaya mine, which was owned by the coal production association Makeyevugoal of Makiivka.[4]
Afterwards, until 1990, he worked his way up from 2nd secretary to 1st secretary of the Red Guard Regional Committee of the Komsomol for Makiivka.[4] He then served as Secretary of Donetsk Regional Committee of the Komsomol up until the collapse of the Soviet Union.[4] After its collapse, he worked as Deputy Chairman of the Union of Youth Organizations of the Donbas and as director of the company "UNPRO".[4]