Valentin Demidov

Valentin Valentinovich Demidov (; born on 28 November 1976), is a Russian politician who is currently the 8th head of Belgorod, since 17 January 2023.

He had also served as the 5th head of Simferopol from 2021 to 2022 and as the Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Crimea from 2015 to 2016.

Prior to his restoration of his Russian citizenship in 2014, Demydov was the Mayor of Armyansk from 2007 to 2015. He had been a member of Armiansk City Council from 2002 to 2010. Since 2014, he has been a member a member of the United Russia party, and from 2005 to 2014, he was a member of the Party of Regions at the time he was a Ukrainian citizen. Provided by Wikipedia