Leonid Polezhayev

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Leonid Polezhayev with Vladimir Putin in 2001

Leonid Konstantinovich Polezhayev (Russian: Леонид Константинович Полежаев) (born 30 January 1940 in Omsk) is the former governor of Omsk Oblast. He is a hydro-engineer. In 1991 he became head of the administration of Omsk Oblast.

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 3rd class (30 January 2006) - for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the field and many years of honest work
  • 4th class (11 December 2001) - for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the field and many years of honest work
• Order of Honour (2 May 1996) - for services to the state and many years of diligent work
• Order of the Badge of Honour
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of Friendship, 2nd class (Kazakhstan)
• Medal "For military cooperation" (Russian Federal Security Service, 2006)
• Medal "For promoting drug control bodies" (Federal Drug Control Service of Russia, 2007)
• Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences
• Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Engineering Sciences
• Honorary Professor, Omsk State University
• Professor Emeritus of Omsk Academy of Interior Ministry