Igor Kobzev
Igor Ivanovich Kobzev (; born 29 October 1966), is a Russian statesman and former army officer, who is the incumbent 8th Governor of Irkutsk Oblast since 18 September 2020. He had previously been the acting governor, since 12 December 2019. Since 2019 he holds the rank of . Biography Igor Kobzev was born on 19 October 1966 in Voronezh. From a family with a long military tradition, his grandfather participated in the Eastern Front and was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd class. In 1988, Kobzev graduated from the . From August 1988 to August 1989, he served as assistant chief of staff of the 936th separate battalion of aerodrome technical support of the 60th Anniversary of the USSR Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, and then was assistant to the head of the personnel department of the school. Between February 1992 and December 1999, he served as head of the personnel department and combat unit of the 146th separate mobile mechanized civil defense brigade. In 1999, as part of the Territorial Administration of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, he took part in the Second Chechen War. And from December 1999 to August 2000, he was a senior assistant to