Alexei Vladimirovich Ostrovsky is a political figure of the Russian Federation. For three years he was governor of the Smolensk region. Member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
The future governor of the Smolensk region AlexeiOstrovsky was born in Moscow. This happened on January 14, 1976. His mother was a teacher in a simple school, and his father worked as an engineer at one of the country's closed enterprises.
Alexei Ostrovsky studied at the Physics and Mathematics School at the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR. I dreamed of following in the footsteps of my father. But everything changed when in 1988 his dad passed away.
That the son was in business and did not rotate indubious companies, his mother took the boy to the Palace of Pioneers, where recently opened a film school. For three years he was engaged in the department of camera skills, comprehended the basics of this art. It was at that time that Alexei Ostrovsky got acquainted with photography quite close. Love for the reporting genre predetermined his future path.
He began to build his career from the age of fifteen.The newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets" was looking for a sensible photocorrect to its staff. A contest was held, and Alexei, ahead of venerable professionals, got a job. Of course, it was not official, because age did not allow it. He spent the first half of the day at school, and then flew to his favorite work.
Career Ostrovsky quickly gaining momentum, and soon it began to print, even in foreign publications. At sixteen, he became a freelance photographer for the New York Times, Newsweek, and the Guardian.
The young man did not stop there.He was captivated by video art. He began to work for foreign television companies and in his, it is possible to say, childhood, he visited operators in many hot spots, making unimaginable reports.
However, in his career as a photojournalistand embarrassing. The Washington Post newspaper revealed a scam, pointing to the falsification of the material by Time magazine. For the last Ostrovsky did a report on child prostitution. It turned out that everything from the first to the last frame was staged, and the children filmed by Alexey were small actors.
In 1993, Alexei Ostrovsky received a newinteresting task. He had to do a story about Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The correspondent spent several months next to the politician, and they became extremely friendly. And when the leader of the LDPR offered Alexei a job, he agreed without hesitation.
This period of Ostrovsky's life was reflected in the film "Stringer", where he was played by a young Sergei Bodrov.
In 2000, Alexey graduated from the Faculty of World Economy, MGOU, three years later received a second higher education in MGIMO at the Faculty of Law.
After the invitation of Zhirinovsky, the first timeworked in the youth organization of the Liberal Democratic Party, then came to the press service of the party, and after some time headed it. Took part in the international activities of the faction. And later became the personal assistant of V. V. Zhirinovsky.
In 2003, after the proposal of the head, he ran for the State Duma and was elected from the LDPR party. During four years I was engaged in many questions:
In the State Duma of the new convocation was also elected from the Liberal Democratic Party in 2007. He was chairman of the committee on CIS and relations with compatriots.
In 2011, Alexei Ostrovsky oversaw questions on religious organizations and public associations in the sixth State Duma.
In April 2012, Sergey resigned.Antufiev, the governor of the Smolensk region. Alexey Ostrovsky was appointed acting head of the region. This decision of the government called strange. For the first time, not a member of United Russia was admitted to such a post, but most importantly, a person who had no experience of similar work, he had no idea about the national economic sector.
Previously, ex-officials or businessmen became governors, and Ostrovsky was a former press photographer with a ruined reputation (due to staged reporting).
Alexey Vladimirovich got the region prettyproblem. In a matter of time, he had to prepare for the city’s large-scale jubilee. Practically nothing was done, the erection of new objects was behind the schedule, there was not enough money (actually, Ostrovsky’s predecessor was dismissed for plundering these objects). The new governor perfectly coped with the task.
They talked about him as the head of a region who knows how to resolve any issues. He personally controlled even the removal of garbage from the streets of the city. Ostrovsky also began a great job of attracting investment to the region.
Некоторое время Алексей Островский, губернатор without experience, got a lot of studs in his address. Everyone wanted to see the results of the work immediately. In numerous interviews, he stated that this was unrealistic, because the region had gotten him with a debt of more than fifteen billion rubles.
Three years later, Ostrovsky asked the President to release him from his post. Now he temporarily performs the duties of the head of the region (until the September elections).
Alexey Ostrovsky, photo for whichFor a long time was the main professional activity, many times I heard in my address criticism about this. He was called the PR manager, but not the governor-manager.
Have been criticized and his appointments to somepersons for high positions. For example, in June 2012, V. Stepchenkov, who had previously been involved in financial frauds and was a witness in several criminal cases, became head of the health department.
In 2012, due to dubious staffing decisionsOstrovsky's rating fell by dozens of positions, but by the end of 2013 he had become 39 in the rating of the Agency for Political and Economic Communications. He joined the group of governors with great influence.
Alexey Ostrovsky, whose biography is inseparableassociated with work in politics, complains about the lack of time. He sees his family very rarely. His wife and three daughters live in Smolensk, and the politician himself is in constant travels around the region.
The only opportunity to be together is his short five-day vacation, which is sometimes impossible to take.
