Valentin Konovalov

Valentin Konovalov
Валентин Коновалов
Konovalov in 2018
4th Head of the Republic of Khakassia
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 November 2018
Deputy	Andrey Asochakov
Preceded by	Viktor Zimin Mikhail Razvozhayev (interim)
First Secretary of the Communist Party in Khakassia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2018
Preceded by	Nikolay Bozykov
Member of the Supreme Council of Khakassia
In office 9 September 2018 – 15 November 2018
Constituency	4th district
Member of the Abakan City Council
In office 8 September 2013 – 9 September 2018
Personal details
Born	(1987-11-30) November 30, 1987 (age 36) Okhotsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)
Political party	Communist Party
Children	3

Valentin Olegovich Konovalov (Russian: Валенти́н Оле́гович Конова́лов; born November 30, 1987) is a Russian politician who has served as the Head of Khakassia since 2018.^[1] He was a local politician before assuming the office.

A member of the Communist Party, he was supported by the right-wing LDPR in his successful bid to unseat the incumbent head Viktor Zimin of the ruling United Russia party, highlighting a rise in anti-establishment sentiment in the country during the period. Coordinated efforts to prevent him from winning the second round garnered national attention, with a similar situation occurring during his successful for re-election in 2023.^[2] Konovalov has described tackling corruption as the focus of his governorship.