Khotsenko graduated from the Faculty of Sociology in Moscow State University, from the Singapore Institute of Marketing with a degree in Business Management and from the Specialized Institute of Jurisprudence with a degree in the field.[2][1] He also graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a master's degree in State regulation of the Economy,[3] as well as postgraduate studies at Moscow State University. After training in the military department of Moscow State University, Khotsenko attained the rank of Lieutenant. He is also fluent in English.[2][1]
Political career
Khotsenko first worked as an assistant to a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. According to local media, his rapid promotion was related to his father's connections in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.[1] From 2008 to 2010, Khotsenko worked as the head of the analysis and forecasting department of the Yamalo-Nenets Okrug. From March 2010, he worked as the Director of the department of Science and Innovation in the Okrug, as an assistant, as the expert adviser to the Okrug's first deputy governor, and as a supervisor of Industry, Fuel, Energy, and Natural Resources.[2]
On 16 December 2013, Khotsenko was appointed Minister of Energy, Industry and Communications of Stavropol Krai.[2] On September 12, 2019, Khotsenko became the Director of the Department of Industrial Policy and Project Management in the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.[4][5][6]
On 21 December 2022, Khotsenko was injured by shelling along with Dmitry Rogozin in Donetsk; the attack killed two people according to DPR head Denis Pushilin, while Ukraine's border service confirmed that the Ukrainian military perpetrated the attack.[9][10]
On April 22, 2023, Andrei Turchak, secretary of the United Russia General Council, said that Khotsenko will become the party's candidate for the Omsk Region gubernatorial election in 2023.[13]
On September 22, 2023 Khotsenko has officially taken office.[14]
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