| Pavel Ipatov | |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Order: | 2nd Governor of Saratov Oblast |
| Term Start: | 5 April 2005 |
| Term End: | 23 March 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Dmitry Ayatskov |
| Successor: | Valery Radayev |
| Birth Date: | April 12, 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Asbestovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Profession: | Nuclear physicist |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Birth Name: | Pavel Leonidovich Ipatov |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
Pavel Leonidovich Ipatov (Russian: Па́вел Леони́дович Ипа́тов; born 12 April 1950) is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Saratov Oblast from 2005 until 23 March 2012. He was the first governor appointed by president Vladimir Putin. Ipatov is a member of United Russia. He was previously the director of a nuclear power plant.
Ipatov was born in the village of Asbestovsky in Sverdlovsk Oblast and studied at the Urals Political College in Sverdlovsk. In 1975 he graduated from the Ural State Technical University with a degree in electrical engineering and joined the power generation industry. During the 1980s he was manager at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant and became chief engineer at the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant in 1985 and managing director of this plant in 1989. He became deputy managing director of Energoatom in 2002.
He was a deputy of the Balakovo city council from 1996 to 2004, before being appointed governor of Saratov Oblast in 2005.
On 23 March 2012, he resigned from the post according to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation to be replaced by Valery Radayev. The wording in the Decree was “resignation according to his own will”.[1]