Yevgeny Solntsev

Yevgeny Solntsev
Евгений Солнцев
Solntsev in 2025
Acting Governor of Orenburg Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 March 2025
Preceded by	Denis Pasler
Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
In office 30 March 2023 – 26 March 2025
Governor	Denis Pushilin
Preceded by	Vitaliy Khotsenko
Succeeded by	Andrey Chertkov
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
In office 8 June 2022 – 29 March 2023
Prime Minister	Vitaliy Khotsenko
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	(1980-09-28) 28 September 1980 (age 44) Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Education	Voronezh State Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
Awards	Order of Honour, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Solntsev (Russian: Евгений Александрович Солнцев; born 1980) is a Russian politician who serves as acting Governor of Orenburg Oblast since March 2025. He previously served as Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic from 2023 to 2025 and First Deputy Prime Minister from 2022 to 2023. Prior to entering politics, he was a railways manager.^[1]