| Yury Zaitsev | |
| Office: | Head of Mari El |
| Term Start: | 23 September 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Alexander Yevstifeyev |
| Office1: | Head of Mari El (acting) |
| Term Start1: | 10 May 2022 |
| Term End1: | 23 September 2022 |
| Office2: | Chairman of the Government of Republic of Kalmykia |
| Predecessor2: | Igor Zotov |
| Term Start2: | 14 October 2019 |
| Term End2: | 10 May 2022 |
| Governor2: | Batu Khasikov |
| Birth Name: | Yury Viktorovich Zaitsev |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Monino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
Yury Viktorovich Zaitsev (Russian: link=no|Юрий Викторович Зайцев; born 16 December 1970) is a Russian, Mari politician and statesman, who is currently the acting Head of Mari El since 10 May 2022.[1] [2]
Yury Zaitsev was born on 16 December 1970 in the city of Monino, in Moscow Oblast.
He graduated from the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR with a degree in Foreign Language with the qualification of Interpreter-Referent, Specialist in the Information and Analytical Field.
He has a PhD in economics.
From February to August 2014, Zaitsev was an adviser, and then the first deputy general director of IDGC JSC of the North Caucasus. Later, he was CEO of the company for five years.
In 2019, he was appointed Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia.[3]
On 10 May 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Zaitsev as the acting head of Mari El in connection with the resignation of the previous head of the region Alexander Yevstifeyev.[4]
Zaitsev is married and has a son.[5]